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Sergeant CHARLES FREDERICK THORNTON

Service Number: 1352683
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

38 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 16 December 1942

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GAZA WAR CEMETERY

B. C. 2.

Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Amelia Thornton, of Almondbury, Huddersfield.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE. MAM, DAD AND DOROTHY, ALMONDBURY, HUDDERSFIELD
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Buried or commemorated at

GAZA WAR CEMETERY
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Number of casualties: 3691
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