Reading Museum - Private Frank Thornton
Print out of a photograph of a man in civilian clothes
Frank Thornton was Anthony's Great-uncle. He was born in Oxfordshire. Before the war he worked as a farm labourer. He enlisted at the beginning of the war with the 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. He fought on the 1st of July and was wounded early in the offensive. He climbed out of the trench and got shot on the first day of the battle, but died of his wounds 10 days later.
His service number 19108 tells us he is a late Kitchener volunteer. His brother also enlisted and survived the war.
Private Frank Thornton
Private Frank Thornton photograph
Private Frank Thornton's story
CONTRIBUTOR
Anthony Paul Clipstone
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LANGUAGE
eng
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2
INSTITUTION
Europeana 1914-1918
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