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Private D E THORNTON

Service Number: 14781114
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 December 1946

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KRANJI WAR CEMETERY

27. C. 1.

Singapore

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Dorothy Thornton, of Cricklewood, Middlesex.
  • Personal Inscription ENDEARED, HE WAS TAKEN OBEYING HIS CALL; A LOVING SON WITH A THOUGHT FOR ALL

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Buried or commemorated at

KRANJI WAR CEMETERY
Singapore
Number of casualties: 4574
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