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Lieutenant Colonel FOSTER NEWTON THORNE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Sussex Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 April 1917

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BASRA MEMORIAL

Panel 20 and 63.

Iraq

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment Commanding 6th Bn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Thorne, of Southover Grange, Lewes, Sussex; husband of Sylvia A. Aykroyd (formerly Thorne), of Hargreaves Head, Northowram, Halifax, Yorks.
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