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Pte. John Thornber

British Army 9th Btn. Scottish Rifles

from:Darwen, Lancashire

(d.14th April 1917)

John Thornber joined the 9th Service Battalion when they came to recruit in Lancashire in 1914, and landed with them in France in May 1915. He transferred later to the 2nd Battalion S.R. and was with them when he was killed at Villers Guislain on April 14 1917. He has no known grave and is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial.

He left behind a widow and two sons. His widow was unable to keep both boys and they were separated, the elder moving to live with relatives, the boys seeing very little of each other their whole lives.



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