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Major WILLIAM IAN EDWARD THORBURN

Service Number: 67601
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots

Date of Death

Died 21 May 1944

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY

3. B. 15.

India

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. H.Q. 2nd Div.
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Winifred Alison Thorburn, of Edinburgh. B.A. (Oxon.).
  • Personal Inscription PROVED TRUE IN STRENUOUS DEED - BEYOND THE FEAR OF SORROW, WOUNDS OR DEATH
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Buried or commemorated at

KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY
India
Number of casualties: 1421
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