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Sub-Lieutenant JAMES BARRY THURSFIELD

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

H.M.S. Loch Glendhu.

Date of Death

Died 24 April 1946

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COLOMBO (LIVERAMENTU) CEMETERY

3. A. 2.

Sri Lanka

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Rear-Admiral Henry G. Thursfield and Celia Thursfield, of Fakenham, Norfolk.
  • Personal Inscription QUEM DII DILIGUNT ADOLESCENS MORITUR DUM VALET,SENTIT,SAPIT
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Buried or commemorated at

COLOMBO (LIVERAMENTU) CEMETERY
Sri Lanka
Number of casualties: 621
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