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Private GEOFFREY HEMSWORTH THORNTON

Service Number: 14765305
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 March 1945

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY

51. D. 12,.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph W. and Ethel Thornton, of Alkborough, Lincolnshire.
  • Personal Inscription DUTY NOBLY DONE. HONOUR BRAVELY WON. A LOYAL HEART RESTS IN GOD'S PEACE, NOW BLEST
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Buried or commemorated at

REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Number of casualties: 7671
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