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Sapper WILLIAM HENRY THORNE

Service Number: 2073628
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

67/69 Bomb Disposal Sec.

Date of Death

Died 25 August 1940

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CARDIFF (CATHAYS) CEMETERY

Sec. E.J. Grave 2348.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Henry and Amy Thorne; husband of Winifred H. Thorne, of Cathays, Cardiff.
  • Personal Inscription IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH
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Buried or commemorated at

CARDIFF (CATHAYS) CEMETERY
Glamorganshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 735
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