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Private FRANK THORNTON

Service Number: 19108
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Bedfordshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 July 1916

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

V. C. 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Kate Thornton, of Ascott-under-Wychwood, Oxon.
  • Personal Inscription HE SLEEPS WITH ENGLAND'S HEROES IN THE WATCHFUL CARE OF GOD PEACE PERFECT PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 804
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