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Private WILLIAM JOSEPH THORNER

Service Number: 305821
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Hampshire Regiment

Date of Death

Died 29 September 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SOPLEY CEMETERY

C. 8.

United Kingdom

Headstone stated as Portland on 708 but looks and feels more like Botticino?

Photographer: Linda Smith

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Annie Thorner, of 29, Sopley, Christchurch, Hants.
  • Personal Inscription THOUGH PARTED FROM US IN OUR MEMORIES EVER DEAR THY WILL BE DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

SOPLEY CEMETERY
Hampshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 7
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