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Gunner SYDNEY THORNTON

Service Number: 3037
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

"C" Bty. 252nd Bde.

Date of Death

Died 09 October 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN

B. 16. 43.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. R. W. and Mrs. E. Thornton, of 8, Helen St., Dawdon, Seaham Harbour, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription ASLEEP IN JESUS UNTIL THE RESURRECTION MORING
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