Date of Birth 11 March 1895
Birth Place Stockton, Durham, England
Baptism 4 April,1895 St. Margaret's, Norton, Durham, England
Date of Death Reported missing 21 August 1915 20y
Place of Death Suvla Bay, Dardanelles
Burial Unknown
Parents John born abt 1872 and Mary Ann (Geldart) born abt 1872 married Q4 1896 Teesdale, Durham, England
Siblings May born abt 1898, Lilly born abt 1900, Emma born abt 1902, Margaret born 6 October 1903
Service Army
Unit 6th Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards Museum Richmond says no-one of that name enlisted with that regiment in WW1)
Silver Badge No
Service Record No
Civilian Employment 1911 Horseman on farm?
Census Information 1901 Staindrop, Durham, England 1911 Worsall Manor, Yarm, Yorkshire England ?
Sources Staindrop Roll of Honour, Ancestry, Find My Past, Family Search, Forces War Records, Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Notes Commonwealth war Graves Commission records the death of Private John Thornton 4053 8th Northumberland Fusiliers on 19 August, 1915. He is remembered on the Helles Memorial, Turkey Could this be our man?
- Research by DB