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Flying Officer ALFRED THORPE

Service Number: 155998
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

76 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 31 March 1944

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY

6. F. 15.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Lawrence and Mary Jane Thorpe, of Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire; husband of Joan Louise Thorpe, of Sutton-in-Ashfield.
  • Personal Inscription A SMILE FOR ALL, A HEART OF GOLD, ONE OF THE BEST THIS WORLD COULD HOLD
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Buried or commemorated at

DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY
Bayern Germany
Number of casualties: 2970
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