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Private ROBERT THORNTON

Service Number: 4452627
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died Between 25 May 1940 and 23 June 1940

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CARVIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Sp. Mem. Plot 2. Row G. Grave 7.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mark and Hannah Thornton, of Houghton-le-Springs, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN TO LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIEND
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Buried or commemorated at

CARVIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 72
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