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Able Seaman CHARLES WILLIAM THORNTON

Service Number: P/J 22164
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Vanoc

Date of Death

Died 03 October 1939

Age 44 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOOTLE CEMETERY

War Graves Group. Sec. 8. C. of E. Grave 352.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Eliza Thornton; husband of Gertrude Doris Thornton, of Erdington, Birmingham.
  • Personal Inscription FOR ALL OF US HE DID HIS BEST. GOD GRANT HIM ETERNAL REST
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Buried or commemorated at

BOOTLE CEMETERY
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 200
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