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Private A THORNTON

Service Number: 6011
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northumberland Fusiliers

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 March 1915

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RAMPARTS CEMETERY, LILLE GATE

D. 10.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Elizabeth Thornton, of 69, Joseph St., Elswick, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
  • Personal Inscription EVER REMEMBERED BY ALL
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Buried or commemorated at

RAMPARTS CEMETERY, LILLE GATE
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 197
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