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Sapper WILLIAM HENRY THORNE

Service Number: 2073628
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

67/69 Bomb Disposal Sec.

Date of Death

Died 25 August 1940

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CARDIFF (CATHAYS) CEMETERY

Sec. E.J. Grave 2348.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Henry and Amy Thorne; husband of Winifred H. Thorne, of Cathays, Cardiff.
  • Personal Inscription IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH
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