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Lance Corporal JOSEPH PYBURN THORNTON

Service Number: T4/173151
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Army Service Corps

Date of Death

Died 07 May 1920

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HERRINGTON (ST. CUTHBERT) CHURCHYARD

In South part.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James Pyburn Thornton and Elizabeth Thornton, of 3, Westbourne Cottages, Shiney Row, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription "LORD LIFT THOU UP THE LIGHT OF THY COUNTENANCE UPON US". PSALM 4
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Buried or commemorated at

HERRINGTON (ST. CUTHBERT) CHURCHYARD
Durham United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 14
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