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Serjeant R W THORNTON

Service Number: 205503
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

29th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 October 1918

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ZANTVOORDE BRITISH CEMETERY

V. B. 4.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late Mrs. Nellie Thornton.
  • Personal Inscription IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY FROM JESSIE OUTHWAITE
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Buried or commemorated at

ZANTVOORDE BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1584
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