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Private WILLIAM HENRY THORNLEY

Service Number: 40116
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 October 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MENDINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY

VII. D. 42.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Eva Thornley, of 189, Bacup Rd., Cloughfold, Manchester. Born Blackburn.
  • Personal Inscription FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH
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Buried or commemorated at

MENDINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 2442
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