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Fusilier JOHN CHRISTOPHER THORNTON

Service Number: 6461982
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 July 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FOIANO DELLA CHIANA WAR CEMETERY

II. M. 6.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Bernard William and Mary Thornton, of Brixton, London.
  • Personal Inscription O HOLY CROSS UNDER THY SHADOW I WILL REST. MOTHER OF SORROW PRAY FOR HIM R.I.P.
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