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Private JOHN FREDRICK THORNTON

Service Number: 18615
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Grenadier Guards

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 September 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LA NEUVILLE BRITISH CEMETERY, CORBIE

II. D. 56.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Eldest son of Elizabeth Jane and the late Fredrick Thornton, of "Ashvi]le," Ackham Rd., Middlesbrough.
  • Personal Inscription NOW THE LABOURER'S TASK IS O'ER
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