BORN HULL 1887. SON OF RICHARD MICHAEL THORNTON-VARLEY AND MARY ANN THORNTON-VARLEY. HE WAS A COSTUME BUYER. SERVED IN THE EAST RIDING ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. KILLED IN A MOTOR CYCLE ACCIDENT, ON 25/05/1915, AGED 28 IN KILLINGHOLME. BURIED IN HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. HE LEFT £1,038 IN HIS WILL TO HIS FATHER, WHO WAS A RETIRED SILK MERCHANT. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL TIMES, ON 29/05/1915, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
First name:
CHARLES RICHARD THORNTON
Rank:
2nd Lieutenant
Date Died
25/05/1915
Place died:
Hull Western Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
28
