Identity
Person No.
4400
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
George Thornhill
Initials
G T
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
41
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, by a shell while leading a party of German stretcher bearers, at Bernafay Wood, Somme
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On the Somme battlefield at Thiepval, overlooking the Ancre valley
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
3rd Regiment South African Infantry, Jackson To Elliot photograph
Notes
Son of Mr. John Thornhill Cook and Mrs. Susannah Sarah Cook, of 36, St. Mark's Rd., East London, Cape Province, South Africa. A Wesleyan Chaplain
Research notes
Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 4 C: named on photograph "3rd Regiment South African Infantry, Jackson To Elliot photograph". Photograph: South African War Graves Project.
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