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Sapper ERIC SIDNEY THORNLEY

Service Number: 2078648
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

220 Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 07 November 1943

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MINTURNO WAR CEMETERY

III, J, 20.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Alfred and Elizabeth Alice Thornley, of Norwich.
  • Personal Inscription HERE LIES, AS DAD WOULD SAY, "ONE OF THE BEST" REMEMBERED BY MUM AND ALL THE FAMILY
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Buried or commemorated at

MINTURNO WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 2049
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