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Flight Lieutenant BASIL LEONARD THORNTON

Service Number: 115175
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

145 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 10 January 1944

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO

XXI. J. 2.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Leonard Augustus and Edith Bessie Thornton, of New Southgate, London.
  • Personal Inscription PASSED INTO HIGHER LIFE TO CONTINUE IN GOD'S SERVICE
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Buried or commemorated at

BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO
Italy
Number of casualties: 2317
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