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Gunner W THORNTON

Service Number: 198295
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Garrison Artillery

Orkney Bde.

Date of Death

Died 30 November 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ACCRINGTON CEMETERY

E.J. 350.

United Kingdom

Headstone

Photographer: David Stenton

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. Jane Thornton, of 62, Pitt St., Accrington.
  • Personal Inscription HE STILL LIVES IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE WHO LOVED HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

ACCRINGTON CEMETERY
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 100
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