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Leading Aircraftman EDWIN THORNEWELL

Service Number: 1138844
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 20 August 1945

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LOUGHBOROUGH (LEICESTER ROAD) CEMETERY

Comp. 395. Grave 38.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Henry and Sarah Jane Thornewell, of Loughborough; husband of Eveline Thornewell, of Loughborough.
  • Personal Inscription ASLEEP IN GOD'S GARDEN
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Buried or commemorated at

LOUGHBOROUGH (LEICESTER ROAD) CEMETERY
Leicestershire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 82
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