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Leading Aircraftman ALAN THORBURN

Service Number: 1679608
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

B.S.R.U.

Date of Death

Died 07 November 1944

Age 39 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BLANKENBERGE TOWN CEMETERY

Row B. Grave 26.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James Orr Thorburn and Emily Bowman Thorburn, of Hamilton, Lanarkshire.
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Buried or commemorated at

BLANKENBERGE TOWN CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 94
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