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Lieutenant BASIL SEARLEY THORNHILL-COOK

Service Number: 103420
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South African Air Force

5 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 04 June 1942

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA

8. F. 7.

Libya

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of Howard and Beatrice G. Thornhill-Cook, of Kingwilliamstown, Cape Province, South Africa.
  • Personal Inscription DEAR YOUTH, WHO LIGHTLY IN THE HOUR OF FURY PUT ON ENGLAND'S GLORY AS A COMMON COAT
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