| Thornton | Edgar John | 804 | Corporal | 2nd Brabant's Horse
Source: Nominal roll in WO127 | Brabant's Horse |
| Thornton | Edward Evelyn Danvers | | Captain | He died of enteric at Wynberg, March 10th, 1900. He was born in July 1867, and educated at Marlborough. He entered the Dorsetshire Regiment February 1888, being transferred to the Royal Munster Fusiliers in the same month, and to the Army Service Corps in December 1889. He was promoted Lieutenant December 1890, and Captain July 1893. He served with the Ashanti Expedition under Sir Francis Scott in 1895-96, and was awarded the star. He proceeded to South Africa in October 1899, and served there until his death. Captain Thornton's name was inscribed on a tablet placed in Marlborough College Chapel in memory of all Marlburians who fell in the war.
Source: Donner | Army Service Corps |
| Thornton | Ernest | 27384 | Corporal | Part of detachment stationed in St Helena. QSA issued 9 Jul 1907.
QSA (0)
TNA ref 161/35; 161/41 | Royal Engineers, Fortress Company, 43rd |
| Thornton | Ernest | | Lieut | Source: Nominal roll in WO127 | Gorringe's Flying Column |
| Thornton | Ernest | 825 | Trooper | QSA (3) CC Wep Witt
Source: Wepener Siege Account and Medal Roll | Brabant's Horse |
| Thornton | F | | | 2nd Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | King's Royal Rifle Corps |
| Thornton | F | | | 2nd Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | Lancashire Fusiliers |
| Thornton | F | | | 2nd Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | (Prince of Wales's Own) West Yorkshire Regiment |
| Thornton | F | 357 | Private | QSA (3) DoL Tr LN
Provisional list of recipients
Source: Ladysmith Siege Account and Medal Roll | King's Royal Rifle Corps |
| Thornton | F | 3072 | Private | 2nd Btn. Missing - released at Spion Kop. 24 Jan 1900.
Source: Natal Field Force Casualty Roll, page 78 line 46 | Lancashire Fusiliers |
| Thornton | F | | Private | Demise: Died of disease - dysentery 28 Apr 1901
Place: Kimberley
Source: In Memoriam by S Watt | 14th Company, 5th Btn, IY |
| Thornton | F | | | 2nd Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | King's Royal Rifle Corps |
| Thornton | F | 88 | Private | Dangerously wounded. Boschpoort, 23 September 1900
Source: South African Field Force Casualty Roll | Canada contingent |
| Thornton | F | 4224 | Private | Severely wounded. Schoemanskloof, 21 January 1901
Source: South African Field Force Casualty Roll | 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars |
| Thornton | F | 3072 | Private | 2nd Battalion
Source: QSA roll | Lancashire Fusiliers |
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