South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project

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 The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One


Private 24646 Bertram Harry THORNTON - 2nd/8th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment


Killed in Action Thursday November 15th, 1917 aged 19

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Military History

   
Theatre of WarMedalsCommonwealth War Grave of Memorial
France and Flanders British War & Victory Medals Sunken Road Cemetery
     
Arrived in TheatreMedal Citation (if app)SWFHS Area Memorials
After Nov 1916 ~ Fenny Compton
     
Action, Battle or Other Reason KilledDate and Place Enlisted DateOther War Memorials
Local actions on the Scarpe After Nov 1916 at Coventry ~
     
Place of DeathPrevious Regiments or Units 
NE of Fampoux ~  
     

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)           

On the day he was killed Bertram's battalion were in the front lines in the Greenland Hill sector NE of Fampoux. He was the only man killed that day by enemy shellfire landing on the battalion trenches, one other man was wounded.

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 Map of Trench area  Sunken Road Cemetery

 Personal & Family History

 

Birth Date/PlaceBapitsm Date/Place
Jul Qtr 1898 at Fenny Compton 3 Jul 1898 at Fenny Compton
   
Parents NamesAbode
Edward and Edith Mary Thornton 44 Willes Road, Leamington Spa
   
Wife & Marriage Date/PlaceChildren & Year of Birth
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SchoolsColleges
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Address HistoryEmployment History
1901 - The Tunnel, Fenny Compton
1911 - Fenny Compton
1911 - School