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Private JOSEPH THORNTON

Service Number: 3606229
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 July 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FONTENAY-LE-PESNEL WAR CEMETERY, TESSEL

III. A. 4.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
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Buried or commemorated at

FONTENAY-LE-PESNEL WAR CEMETERY, TESSEL
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 521
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