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"THORNE, WALTER J., MECHANICIAN"


Walter Thorne as a Chief Petty Officer

Wally Thorne with wife Margaret and daughter Nora
Wally Thorne with wife Margaret and daughter Nora

From the Commonwealth War Graves Commission:

THORNE, Mechanician 1st Class, WALTER JAMES, D/KX. 78143.
H.M.S. Neptune. Royal Navy. 19th December 1941. Age 32.
Son of Frederick Charles and Florence Maud Thorne, of Plymouth;
Husband of Margaret Pearl Thorne, of Laira, Plymouth. Father of Nora Evans and grandfather of Annya Derx.
Plymouth Naval Memorial Panel 51, Column 2.

 

 

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