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Private JOHN THORNTON

Service Number: 19475
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 October 1916

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS

VI. AA. 4.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Annie Jane Thornton, of Back Johnston St., Lower Hopton, Mirfield, Yorks.
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Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS
Somme France
Number of casualties: 3143
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