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Private WILLIAM JAMES THORNTON

Service Number: 5382907
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 June 1944

Buried or commemorated at

FONTENAY-LE-PESNEL WAR CEMETERY, TESSEL

IV. E. 7.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Thornton; husband of M. L. Thornton, of West Croydon, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription THE GATES OF HEAVEN OPENED A GENTLE VOICE SAID, COME AND WITH FAREWELL UNSPOKEN HE QUIETLY ENTERED HOME
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Buried or commemorated at

FONTENAY-LE-PESNEL WAR CEMETERY, TESSEL
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 521
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