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Private C H THORNTON

Service Number: 51874
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 November 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FONTAINE-AU-BOIS COMMUNAL CEMETERY

B. 11.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Elizabeth Thornton, of 39, Back, Glue Terrace, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
  • Personal Inscription PEACE PERFECT PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

FONTAINE-AU-BOIS COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 95
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