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Sapper JOHN THORNTON

Service Number: 2189807
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

220 Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 04 December 1943

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HELIOPOLIS WAR CEMETERY

5. Q. 3.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charloke Louisa Thornton, of Stratford, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEP ON,DEAR ONE. AS LONG AS LIFE AND MEMORY LAST WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THEE
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