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Gunner JAMES THORNLEY

Service Number: 731393
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

342nd Bde.

Date of Death

Died 18 June 1917

Age 39 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE (CHRIST CHURCH) CHURCHYARD

27. 49.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Nellie Thornley, of 82, Lumb Lane, Little Moss, Ashton-under-Lyne.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE (CHRIST CHURCH) CHURCHYARD
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 6
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