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Sergeant JOHN THORNLEY

Service Number: 2225156
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

10 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 16 January 1945

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HANOVER WAR CEMETERY

1. C. 12.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Florence Thornley, of Hazel Grove, Cheshire; husband of Ann Thornley, of Hazel Grove.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE THE GREATEST GIFT, HIS UNFINISHED LIFE, FOR ALL HE LOVED
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Buried or commemorated at

HANOVER WAR CEMETERY
Niedersachsen Germany
Number of casualties: 2455
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