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Private JOHN THORNTON

Service Number: 406822
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 April 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SANCTUARY WOOD CEMETERY

Sp. Mem.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Ellen Thornton, of 28, Jones St., Hamilton, Ontario. Born in England.
  • Personal Inscription THY WILL BE DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

SANCTUARY WOOD CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1990
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