Notes
The All About Thornton website (see References) states: ‘Wilfred Salmon, born in the School Green area of Thornton on 4 June, 1917, son of Jack and Edith Salmon. In 1939 he was living with his mother and sister at 20 Raven Terrace, Lower Grange, Bradford, and employed as a Wool-sorter. He married Rhoda Ellen Dilley of Biggleswade in the January to March quarter of 1942, and they lived at 11 Granville Place, Allerton. Private. 6th Btn., York and Lancaster Regiment, #4750469. Died 11 September, 1943, aged 26. Grave reference: I.F.46, Salerno War Cemetery, Italy . He is also remembered on the Allerton and Daisy Hill War Memorial.'