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Flight Lieutenant FRANCIS JOSEPH GERARD THORNTON

Service Number: 89279
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 17 December 1943

Age 45 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BARI WAR CEMETERY

XIV. E. 16.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph Edward and Elizabeth Alice Thornton, of Preston, Lancashire; husband of May Thornton, of Fulwood, Preston.
  • Personal Inscription FORTIFIED WITH THE RITES OF HOLY MOTHER CHURCH R.I.P. JESUS MERCY, MARY HELP
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Buried or commemorated at

BARI WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 2251
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