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Private JOHN THORNTON

Service Number: 4542367
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment)

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 August 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY

XV. A. 6.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Edith Thornton, of Ripon, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription KIND WERE HIS WAYS HIS FRIENDSHIP TRUE LOVED AND RESPECTED BY ALL HE KNEW
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Buried or commemorated at

BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 2175
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