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Serjeant SYDNEY JAMES THORNTON

Service Number: 201436
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Lancashire Regiment

2nd/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 December 1917

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY

XIV. H. 18.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Alice Thornton, of 61, Garratt St., Oldham Rd., Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription THOSE WHO LOVE YOU SADLY MISS YOU THOUGHTS OF YOU ARE EVER DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 3312
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