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Second Lieutenant JOHN FORTESCUE THURSBY

Service Number: 337612
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Date of Death

Died 18 June 1945

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KIRKEE WAR CEMETERY

9. G. 9.

India

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment and No. 1 Commando
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Walter and Lucy Thursby, of Copthorne, Sussex.
  • Personal Inscription SOUL OF MY SOUL, I SHALL MEET THEE AGAIN; WITH GOD BE THE REST
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Buried or commemorated at

KIRKEE WAR CEMETERY
India
Number of casualties: 1677
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