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Lance Corporal ROBERT THORNHILL

Service Number: 2001
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 February 1915

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY, NORD

J. 1.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Mary Isabella Thornhill. Born at Salford, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription DIED FOR A NOBLE CAUSE
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Buried or commemorated at

BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY, NORD
Nord France
Number of casualties: 619
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