Bombardier WILLIAM THORNTON
Service Number: 18129
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Garrison Artillery
Guards "Z" Trench Mortar Bty.
Date of Death
Died 18 May 1916
Age 31 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Additional Info Son of Serjt. Maj. and Margaret Thornton, of Bolton; husband of Jessie Isabella Douglas Thornton, of Craighurst, Craigellachie, Banffshire.
- Personal Inscription TO MEMORY EVER DEAR FROM HIS LOVING WIFE AND SON
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