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Ordinary Seaman WILLIAM THORNTON

Service Number: D/JX 422632
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Charybdis

Date of Death

Died 23 October 1943

Buried or commemorated at

ST. BRIEUC WESTERN COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Plot H. Row E. Grave 6.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. BRIEUC WESTERN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Cotes-d'Armor France
Number of casualties: 92
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