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Rifleman A C THORNTON

Service Number: R/18436
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 August 1916

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ESSEX FARM CEMETERY

III. D. 2.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Arthur and Naiomi Thornton, of 59, Clayton Rd., Peckham, London.
  • Personal Inscription IN MEMORY OF OUR DEAR BOY
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Buried or commemorated at

ESSEX FARM CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1206
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