Military service
Service number:
878126
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Nova Scotia Regiment)
Division:
25th Bn.
Birth:
November 1, 1895
Manchester, England
Enlistment:
April 7, 1916
Broughton, Nova Scotia
Death:
November 8, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. B. 20.
Additional information
Son of Mrs. Mary Harris of Gabarus, Nova Scotia.
Digital gallery of Private Norman Bagnell Thorneycroft
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Photo of Norman Bagnell Thorneycroft
Norman Bagnell Thorneycroft (L) and Max Harris (R). Max and Norman were step-brothers and best friends. Max was killed at Vimy and Norman at Passchendaele. -
Attestation paper
Norman Bagnell Thorneycroft's attestation paper. -
Cemetery
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Cross of Sacrifice
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Grave Marker
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Photo of NORMAN BAGNELL THORNEYCROFT
In memory of the men who joined the 185th Battalion (Cape Breton Highlanders) who went to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
In memory of the men who joined the 185th Battalion (Cape Breton Highlanders) who went to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Norman Bagnell Thorneycroft
Digital gallery of
Private Norman Bagnell Thorneycroft
Digital gallery of
Private Norman Bagnell Thorneycroft
Digital gallery of
Private Norman Bagnell Thorneycroft
Digital gallery of
Private Norman Bagnell Thorneycroft
Digital gallery of
Private Norman Bagnell Thorneycroft
Digital gallery of
Private Norman Bagnell Thorneycroft
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 339 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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Service record(s)
Digitized personnel record available through Library and Archives Canada.
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