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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

Buried or commemorated at

MENIN ROAD SOUTH MILITARY CEMETERY

I. O. 7.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • 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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