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Leading Aircraftman GEORGE THORNTON

Service Number: 1777233
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

2749 Sqdn. R.A.F. Regt.

Date of Death

Died 08 September 1945

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MUNSTER HEATH WAR CEMETERY

4. B. 11.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George Thornton, and of Margaret Thornton, of Sunderland, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

MUNSTER HEATH WAR CEMETERY
Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Number of casualties: 869
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