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Ernest Thornton

In memory of:

Major Ernest Thornton

November 9, 1918

Military Service


Age:

45

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)

Division:

5th Bn.

Additional Information


Son of the late Samuel Falkland Thornton and Rhoda Thornton, of Edgbaston, Warwickshire, England; husband of Dorothy Thornton, of Suite I, Wolseley Apartments, Wolseley Avenue, Winnipeg, Man.

Commemorated on Page 513 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

WINNIPEG (ST. JOHN'S) CEMETERY
Manitoba, Canada

Grave Reference:

L.84. B.53.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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