Private Charles Edward Thornton, 10536
- Batt - 6
- Unit - Lincolnshire Regiment
- Section -
- Date of Birth - 20/12/1895
- Died - 11/08/1915
- Age - 19
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ContributeSource: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland. He was the son of Lewis Thornton. Charles had been a baker by trade and had been employed at Wragby in Lincolnshire, he was the first man from there to enlist after the declaration of war in August 1914. He embarked for Turkey in August 1915 and suffered a wound that he ultimately died from in the vicinity of Suvla Bay.
Leicestershire Project Findings
- Conflict - World War I
Research from Michael Doyle's Their Name Liveth For Evermore
- Unit - Lincolnshire Regiment
- Cause of death - DIED OF WOUNDS
- Burial Commemoration - Helles Mem., Gallipoli, Turkey
- Born - North Luffenham, Rutland
- Enlisted - August 1914 In Lincoln
- Place of Residence - North Luffenham, Rutland, England
- Memorial - ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, NORTH LUFFENHAM, RUTLAND
