CHARLES ALFRED THORNTON – Gunner 98949 A BATTERY 183RD BRIGADE RFA
Born 1878 at Kilham or Langtoft, East Yorks.
Married 1904 Q2 Tadcaster Vol. 9C PG. 1530A to Martha Wilstrop b.1878 at Sherburn
Died 3RD September 1918
Buried Beaulencourt British Cemetery, Ligny-Thilloy, France
1881 census age 2 at Kilham
1891 census age 12, Scholar at Kilham
1901 census age 20, Blacksmith at Kilham
1911 census age 33, Blacksmith at Barkston Ash
Children: Kay b.1905, Harriet b.1908
Father: Michael Thornton b.1842 Kilham
Mother: Sarah A. b. 1855 Langtoft