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Sergeant GEORGE WALKER THORNTON

Service Number: 1378888
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 18 May 1942

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE (BYKER AND HEATON) CEMETERY

Sec. 25. Grave 342.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Doris Thornton, of Stocksfield.
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Buried or commemorated at

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE (BYKER AND HEATON) CEMETERY
Northumberland United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 285
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