| Notes: | MFP. Awarded the Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (1) France, 2/5/1917 to 21/11/1917. He enlisted in the Army Service Corps (MT), age 33.11 years, occupation dealer, address: Redfern House, Kirk Burton, Nr Huddersfield, Yorkshire, transferred to 9 Royal Sussex Regiment No. 17621, transferred to MFP date not known, 23/10/1919 to discharge. 24/4/1906 he married Ida Eveline Lumb, spinster at the Wesleyan Chapel, Kirk Burton. 24/10/1919 he was awarded 8/- per week + 3/6 for wife and three children, disability rheumatism and paiaorhea ? (pyorrhea gum disease).
Info from two Pension Index Cards: Z/M/3152, Thornton, David, MFP, P/16386, A/L/Cpl, 23/10/1919 discharged, born 1887, married, Redfern House, Kirk Burton, Nr Huddersfield, disability poiaorhea? last entry 1/10/1920, disability 20%, 5/6 per week + 1/4 for one child from 27/10/1920 to 25/10/1921. Also: Thornton, David, L/Cpl, MFP, P/16386, ASC, 17621, TR battalion 4/MT/2858, 23/10/1919, Redfern house, Kirk Burton, Nr Huddersfield, 11/11/1919, Stamp Ad 4/11/1919 at 11/6 from 24/10/1919 to 26/10/1919, Chelsea No;. Misc/3152, received 5/11/1919.
David Thornton. |
