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Lance Corporal A E THORNTON

Service Number: 280645
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

1st/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 April 1917

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WARLINCOURT HALTE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAULTY

VI. J. 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mary Thornton, of 20, Ashcroft Rd., Bow, London.
  • Personal Inscription FORGET HIM, NO WE NEVER WILL WE LOVED HIM HERE WE LOVED HIM STILL
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Buried or commemorated at

WARLINCOURT HALTE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAULTY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1296
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