Basic Details
Surname
Thornton
Forenames
Sidney
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Sydney
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. His father was a local councillor and he was a member of the Elland Conservative Club. He was wounded on 3rd September in the unsuccessful attack on the Schwaben Redoubt in which hundreds of his regiment died. He was in Edmonton Military Hospital when he died of his wounds 18 days later. A military funeral was held for him in Elland on September 25th 1916 and he is also commemorated on IWM 2130.
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
England
Town of death
Edmonton, Middlesex
Country of burial
England
Town of burial
Elland
Year of death
1916
Month of death
September
Day of death
21
Age at death
19
Manner of death as stated
Not stated on this memorial
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds