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: Not known
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Bolton, Lancashire
- Conflict: Not known
Decorations
- Service medals: Not known
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- 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