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Lance Corporal WILLIAM FRANCIS THORNTON

Service Number: 4125559
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cheshire Regiment

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died Between 27 May 1940 and 29 May 1940

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CASSEL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

Row B. Grave 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Margaret Thornton, of Ellesmere Port, Cheshire.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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