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Lieutenant LAWRENCE LYSTER THORNTON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Naval Reserve

H.M. Trawler Rifsnes

Date of Death

Died 20 May 1940

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LOWESTOFT NAVAL MEMORIAL

Panel 1, Column 2.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Lyster Thornton; husband of Mary Lillian Thornton, of Heronsgate, Hertfordshire.
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Buried or commemorated at

LOWESTOFT NAVAL MEMORIAL
Suffolk United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 2396
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