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Gunner OLIVER THORNTON

Service Number: 18847
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

"B" Bty. 91st Bde.

Date of Death

Died 12 August 1917

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DRAGOON CAMP CEMETERY

B. 52.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Mothersell Thornton and Isabella Thornton, of 59, Wynyard St., Dawdon Colliery, Seaham Harbour, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN
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Buried or commemorated at

DRAGOON CAMP CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 66
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