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{{Personnel
|id=3383
|Surname and forenames=Thornton William James
|Army number=5382907
|Rank=Pte
|Date of birth=Born Glamorgan - date not known.
|Age=0
|Unit=Enlisted in the Oxford & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry - date not known.  Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry, posted 11th Bn DLI.  Served Normandy.  KILLED in ACTION 27/6/1944 while with 11th Battalion DLI.
|Joined Brigade=Date not yet confirmed.
|Died/Killed in action=27-Jun-44
|Home address=Resident of Bath.  Son of Mr and Mrs Edward Thornton, husband of M L Thornton, West Croydon, Surrey.  Buried Grave IV. E. 7. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel.
|Image Name=Thornton_W_J_11_DLI.JPG
|Image Title=Pte W J Thornton's CWGC headstone.
|Source table=11DLI
}}