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Private JAMES NORRIE THORNTON

Service Number: S/43224
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 April 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN

I. N. 10.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Thornton, of 28, Wellington St., Aberdeen. Native of Fraserburgh.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY DAWNS AND THE SHADOWS FLY AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3295
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