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Lance Corporal WALTER CHARLES THORNTON

Service Number: 13682
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Scottish Borderers

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 September 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN

B. 25. 35.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Sarah Jane Thornton, of 159, Sutherland Rd., Petre St., Sheffield, and the late Walter Charles Thornton.
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN
Seine-Maritime France
Number of casualties: 3083
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