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Captain BRUCE EDWARD FINCHETT THORNTON

Service Number: 64104
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

53 Medium Regt.

Date of Death

Died 29 May 1940

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NIEUWPOORT COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Plot III, Grave 23.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Edward and Dorothy C. Thornton, of Liverpool; husband of Gwendolyn Thornton.
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Buried or commemorated at

NIEUWPOORT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 101
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