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1914
John Thornton
in the British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920
Name: John Thornton
Gender: Male
Birth Date: abt 1891
Birth Place: Yorkshire, England
Enlistment Age: 23
Document Year: 1914
Regimental Number: 12317
Regiment Name: Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment
Number of Images: 21
Form Title: Short Service Attestation
Other Records: Search for 'John Thornton' in other WWI collections
Family Members:
Name Relation to Soldier
John Thornton Self (Head)
John Wm Thornton Father
Source Information
Ancestry.com. British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
Original data: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO).
War Office: Soldiers’ Documents, First World War ‘Burnt Documents’ (Microfilm Copies); (The National Archives Microfilm Publication WO363); Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General, and related bodies; The National Archives of the UK (TNA), Kew, Surrey, England.
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Description
This database contains the surviving service records of non-commissioned officers and other ranks who served in WWI and did not re-enlist in the Army prior to World War II. With the final release, this database now contains the entire service records collection. The type of information contained in these records includes: name of solider, age, birthplace, occupation, marital status, and regiment number. Learn more...
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