Clive Richard Leonard THORNTON
Sergeant
577022
1663 HCU
Royal Air Force
Who died on
Saturday 01 May 1943
Age 18
Additional
Information:
Son of Richard Alexander and Annie Irene Thornton, of Merstham, Redhill, Surrey.
Cemetery:
BARNEVILLE-SUR-MER COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Manche, Normandy, France.
Location:
Barneville-sur-mer is a small town and seaside resort on the west coast of
the Cherbourg Peninsula. The communal cemetery is on the eastern side of the
town, on the D.42 road to Saint-Maurice at its junction with the N.803 road
from La-Haye-du-Puits. There is 1 Commonwealth burial of the 1939-1945 war
here, in the north-western part, some 7 yards north of the Calvary in the
main path.
Circumstances:
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