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Lieutenant JAMES GEORGE ANDREW THORNTON

Service Number: 293732
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Armoured Corps

"A" Sqn., 10th Royal Hussars

Date of Death

Died 25 September 1944

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GRADARA WAR CEMETERY

I, E, 10.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Capt. J. C. Thornton, formerly R.F.A., and of Muriel Thornton, of Market Harborough, Leicestershire.
  • Personal Inscription MY BELOVED SON. FAITHFUL, VALIANT, KIND & TRUE WE SHALL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU
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Buried or commemorated at

GRADARA WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1192
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