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World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment
Pte Albert Thorneloe
British Army 9th Btn York and Lancaster Regiment
(d.1st July 1916)
Lt. T. G. Thornely
British Army 11th Btn., A Coy. Royal Irish Rifles
Private Frank Thornhill
British Army The Cheshire Regiment
from:Runcorn Cheshire
I know very little about my dad's war. He was 50 when I was born. He was injured at the Somme, but when I do not know, then he went back to UK to train others. If anyone knows anything about my dad please let us know - my son is very interested.
Sgt. James William Thornley
British Army 7th Btn. York and Lancaster Regiment
from:Barnsley
(d.15th May 1917)
Rfn. Joseph Thornley
British Army 13th Btn. Rifle Brigade
from:Blackburn, Lancs
(d.11th April 1917)
Joseph Thornley was my husband's grandfather. Born in 1876, he married rather late, being 33 when he married Martha Ready in 1909. By the time of the outbreak of war there were two children, William born in 1910 and Arthur in 1913. Joseph's occupation was cotton weaver. We know almost nothing about Joseph's wartime experiences, other than that he enlisted in 1914 and was killed at Arras on 11th April 1917, and that his name appears on the Arras memorial. Any information about what military actions were happening on that day would be appreciated.
Rflmn. Percy Thornley
British Army 2nd Btn. Rifle Brigade
(d.15th May 1915)
Pte. Albert Clennett Thornton
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Arol Edmond Thornton
British Army 51st (Highland) Btn. Machine Gun Corps
from:Nelson Lancashire
Arol Thornton served with the 51st Battalion, Machine Gun Corps in WW1. This information was found in the book of poetry (among several) my grandfather had with him, probably acquired during his war. The entry is dated "4th of April 1919, Daren Germany" - guarding the Zeppelin factory. He never spoke about the war. His wife died in 1917 (while he was away) leaving my father (aged 2) with his grandmother. I do not know his war record even his service number gives no details. Arol died in 1968.
Pte Arthur Courtney Thornton
British Army 1st Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Burnham on Sea, Essex
Arthur Thornton told us very little of his WW1 experience. He was discharged due to trench foot and awarded the Silver War Badge. However, we were told that after being discharged, he went back to war when fully healed.
Pte. Charles Thornton
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
also served att 3rd Ent Btn.
Sgt. Christopher Thornton
British Army 20th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
from:Leeds, West Yorkshire
(d.21st Jan 1916)
Cpl. Ernest Thornton MM.
British Army C Coy. Tank Corps
from:Hebden Bridge
Ernest Thornton served with C Coy. Tank Corps.
L/Cpl. John Thomas Thornton
British Army 3rd Durham Fort Company Royal Engineers
(d.20th Jun 1917)
John Thornton died aged 31. He was born in Boldon Colliery. In the 1911 Census he is listed as John Thomas Thornton, age 25, a Coal Miner & Hewer, living with his new wife Mary (nee Hutchinson) in Station Road, Boldon Colliery. He enlisted in Jarrow. John is buried in Bolden Cemetery and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow.
Pte. John George Thornton
British Army 19th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Blyth, Northumberland
My great uncle John joined the Northumberland Fusiliers [19th Service Battalion - 2nd Tyneside Poineers] He was returned to the UK on June 6th 1918, wounded. He had a large part of one ear torn off by shrapnel. John Thornton was engaged to marry when he joined up but recieved a 'dear John' letter whist in France. He never married. He also never spoke of his experiences during WW1 but, when my late father served with the 13th Battalion Parachute Regiment in WW2 he wanted to know all about it.
Rflmn. John Thornton
11th Bn. Rifle Brigade
(d.25th February 1916)
Cpl. John Thornton
British Army 16th (St. Pancras) Btn. Rifle Brigade
from:St. Pancras
John Thornton saw service in France in 1916. He was blinded by the discharge of a hand grenade, taken prisoner, and eventually returned to England through an exchange of war prisoners. He was subsequently trained at Blind Veterans UK (formerly, St. Dunstan's in Regent's Park) as a basket worker. (From newspaper excerpt from the 1930s/1940s.)
Pte. Joseph Thornton
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Langley Moor
Joseph Thornton was wounded in Nov. 1916
Pte Lawrence Thornton
British Army 20th (4th Salford Pals) Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers
(d.2nd Nov 1917)
L/Cpl. Richard Patrick Thornton
British Army 16th Signal Company Royal Engineers
from:Beragh, Co. Tyrone
My grandfather Richard Thornton was born on 20th Aug. 1884. He died in Coalisland, Co. Tyrone in 1966. He married Rachael C. Walsh in 1907 and they had 7 children. My mother was Evelyn born in 1912 and after the war he had 3 more children. He was a Post Office clerk before the war. I have a large photograph of his battalion, taken in November 1915 at Blackdown, Dorset, England. The caption reads "Officers & N.C.O's 16th Signal Coy. Royal Engineers. Blackdown. November 1915." I presume this is where he was sent to after enlisting. He was wounded in the back but survived to return to his wife and children. During his time in Belgium, my grandfather sent great postcards to his children. They had moved to Belfast to be near an aunt. Then years later my grandfather talked about going to live in Belgium, but he would not have received his pension there. But his daughter Bernadette married a 2nd World War Belgian soldier in 1947 and he got his wish and visited Belgium on several occasions. That branch of the family still live in Belgium, near Liege. There are 46 men in the photograph, would any of the readers of this site have a relative in the photograph? My grandfather lived until he was 82 years of age and from this marriage have grown the lives of 16 grandchildren, 32 great grandchildren and 26 great great grandchildren.
Pte. Thomas Thornton
British Army 1/5th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment
from:3 Bush Street, Burnley
(d.9th June 1915)
Thomas Thornton died on the 9th of June 1915, aged 33. He is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey. He was the son of the late Daniel and Margaret Thornton; husband of the late Mary Agnes Thornton (formerly Munford). He lived at 3 Bush Street, Burnley and left a wife Mary Agnes, and two young daughters Gladys & Marjorie.
Lt. Vincent Harry Thornton
Australian Imperial Force 13th Light Horse Regiment
Vincent Harry Thornton was born in Chile, South America in 1897, though his family lived in England. He moved to Australia in 1912 when he was 16 years old to be an agriculture student. He worked as a farmer in the Rochester area of Victoria enlisting on the 2 February 1915 by putting up his age to 21. On enlistment he was assigned to the light horse. Thornton embarked with the 13th Light Horse Regiment aboard HMAT Persic on 28 May 1915. He served in Alexandria until July 1916 where he was transferred to the 1st ANZAC Light Horse Regiment. As part of this unit he served in France until January 1918.
He was selected for training as a pilot in the Australian Flying Corps. He graduated as a lieutenant in July 1918 and joined 4 Squadron, AFC. He returned to Australia in on 23 September 1919 per HMAT Ascanius and continued flying after the war. Vincent Thornton was killed when his DH 9 collided with another DH 9 during an air show as a part of the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York in Melbourne, 21 April 1927.
Pte. Walter Andrew Thornton
British Army 9th Battalion Manchester Regiment
from:Toxteth, Liverpool
(d.20th Oct 1918)
WO2 Walter Thornton MID.
British Army 10th Btn. York and Lancaster Regiment
from:Barnsley
Walter Thornton was Mavis' grandfather, he served in a TA from 1909, but joined up in 1915 and was in France from late 1915 until early 1919. Although she never met him as he died in 1947, three years before her birth, we know that he possibly received a second MID and the MSM.
Capt. Edward Gerald Mytton Thornycroft
British Army 4th Bn. African Rifles King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
from:Tiverton, Devon
(d.12th Sep 1914)
Captain Edward Thornycroft was the son of Frances A. H. Morris (formerly Thornycroft) of New Place, Tiverton, Devon, and the late Rev. J. Mytton Thornycroft. He was 28 when he was killed in action and is buried in the Kisii Boma Military Graveyard in Kenya.
Pte. Sidney Thoroughgood
British Army 2nd Btn. Bedfordshire Regiment
from:Bedford
(d.31st October 1914)
Sidney Thoroughgood was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Thoroughgood, he was born in Ampthill, Bedfordshire, and he lived and enlisted in Bedford. Sidney served with 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment and was killed in action on 31st of October 1914 during the First Battle of Ypres in the retirement from the Geluveld-Zanvoorde Road to the Menin Road, aged 19 years and is commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. He is remembered on both The War Memorial and The Alamada, St. Andrews Church, Ampthill. Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com
L/Cpl. Edward John Thorp
British Army Durham Light Infantry
from:Surrey
Edward Thorp had his Medical Examination and was declared fit to serve on the 10th of December 1915. He enlisted in Woking to the 6th (Cyclist) Btn. Norfolk Regiment and was assigned to patrol England On the 17th of October 1916 he was drafted to the DLI and sent to the front due to their heavy early losses. On the 6th of October 1917 he was gassed during battle, (probably chlorine) at the 3rd Battle of Ypres. On the 14th of May 1919 he was medically discharged from army. Ā£5 gratuity was paid.
Cpl. Charles Thorpe
British Army 13th Btn. Middlesex Regiment
from:84 Scales Road, Tottenham, London
(d.3rd Aug 1917)
Charles Thorpe served with the Middlesex Regiment during WW1. He died on the 16th August 1917 and is remembered on Panels 49 and 51, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. Date of death in the Commonwealth War Graves list is 3rd August 1917 and his unit was the 13th Battalion.
Charlie was my great uncle on my maternal side. He was serving in the same battalion as his brother George. The family story goes that George's CO said to him that there was another Thorpe coming up to the front. George asked if his name was Charles. It was and he asked if he could go and see him. His CO permitted it. George found him, his mum (Kate) always use to say if he had money he'd always be safe, so George took him into the local village to buy him a money belt to keep his money safe. That was the 15th of August that was the last he saw of him. It was said he died just outside Polygon Wood. His body was never found and his name is on the Menin Gate.
Pte. Charles Thorpe
British Army 23rd Btn. Manchester Regiment
from:Salford, Lancs
(d.22nd October 1917)
Pte. Ernest Thorpe
British Army 18th Sanitary Section Royal Army Medical Corps.
from:Farnworth, Bolton
(d.7th July 1918)
Ernest Thorpe died 7th July 1918, aged 30. he is buried in the Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. He was the son of Joshua and Ann Thorpe; husband of Sarah Ann Thorpe, of 40, Norris St., Farnworth, Bolton.
Pte. Ernest Thorpe
British Army 18th Sanitary Section Royal Army Medical Corps.
from:Farnworth, Bolton
(d.7th July 1918)
Ernest Thorpe died on the 7th of July 1918, aged 30 and is buried in the Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt. He was the son of Joshua and Ann Thorpe; husband of Sarah Ann Thorpe of 40 Norris St., Farnworth, Bolton.
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