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Flight Lieutenant CYRIL BROOKING THORNTON

Service Number: 117692
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

501 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 21 August 1944

Buried or commemorated at

MARGATE CEMETERY, KENT

Sec. 50. Grave 16251.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Member of the Order of the British Empire
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Buried or commemorated at

MARGATE CEMETERY, KENT
Kent United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 164
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