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Flying Officer WALTER THORNLEY

Service Number: 45716
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 31 August 1942

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MARTON (ST. PAUL) CHURCH BURIAL GROUND

Plot 11. Grave 127.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Herbert Thornley and of Elizabeth Thornley (nee Hayes), of Blackpool. His brothers, John and Herbert, also died on service.
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