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Rifleman EDWARD OWEN THORNTON

Service Number: 469
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 December 1914

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LANCASHIRE COTTAGE CEMETERY

I. C. 7.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edward Owen Thornton and Amelia Thornton, of 90, Forburg Rd., Stoke Newington, London.
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Buried or commemorated at

LANCASHIRE COTTAGE CEMETERY
Hainaut Belgium
Number of casualties: 269
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