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Richard Thornton

Private

Service No. 202344

Age 19

Died on 4 May 1917

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Somme, France

Son of Thomas and Janet Thornton, of 83, Pollard Lane, Bradford.

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Henry Harrison

Richard, O valiant heart, who to your glory came ….. your memory hallowed in the land you loved.

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Richard, O valiant heart, your glory came on the Somme. Your memory hallowed in the land you loved. Harry

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Richard, I am not aware of the precise circumstances of your death, nor what caused it, but, as a former soldier in the 1st and 7th Battalio...

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Richard, I do not know the precise circumstances of your death, but, as a former soldier in the 1st and the 7th Royal Warwickshire Regiment...

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