Eldest son of Benjamin and Emily Thornley, of 64, Hilden Street, Haulgh, Bolton, Lancashire; husband of Ruth Eleanor Thornley, of 690, Bury Road, Breightmet, Bolton, Lancashire. An old boy of the Bolton Church Institute. Enlisted October 1914. Formerly 2662 / 248840, 5th Bn., Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Commissioned 25/01/1917. Wounded in the right foot and left arm 31/07/1917 and in hospital at Edinburgh.
Thornley, Reginald Tom –
Personal details
- Surname: Thornley
- Forename: Reginald Tom
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Bolton, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Bolton, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 28
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: October 1st, 1918
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Lieutenant
- Unit: 5th (Territorial) Battalion.
- Service number: Not known
- Regiment: Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Bolton, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: Not known
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Bolton (St. Peter) Parish Church WWI Memorial
- Bolton (Victoria Square) War Memorial and Bolton County Borough Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Book (Hall of Remembrance)
- Bolton Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Printed Book (Library / History Centre)
- Loyal North Lanacashire Regiment - 5th Battalion (Territorials) Memorial (Queen's Park) - Bolton
- Ridgways Endowed School WWI Framed Roll of Honour (LOST)
- St. Stephen and All Martyrs (Lever Bridge) C.E. Church WWI Memorial - Bolton
- CWGC Memorial: Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
- CWGC reference: Panel 7.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 07/05/1915 10/08/1917 25/10/1918 01/08/1930
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 6c* 6d 6c* 13f
- Bolton Chronicle: 10/08/1917