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Private G THORNTON

Service Number: 21968
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Yorkshire Regiment

1st Garrison Bn

Date of Death

Died 08 July 1917

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MADRAS (ST. MARY'S) CEMETERY, CHENNAI

18. 180.

India

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edmund and Rose Thornton; husband of Florence Thornton, of 19, Ingleby St., Brownroyd, Bradford, Yorks. Born at Bradford.
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Buried or commemorated at

MADRAS (ST. MARY'S) CEMETERY, CHENNAI
India
Number of casualties: 126
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