Corps of Military Police
Soldier Details:
Surname: | Thorne | |
Initials:   | H.J. | |
Rank:   | Lance Corporal | |
Army No.:  | 5723123 | |
Notes:   | CMP. 55 Div Pro Coy. Enlisted in the Dorset Regiment. 22/8/40 Transferred to CMP. 6/6/43 Died. He was born in Dorset and resided in Wiltshire. Inscription on gravestone: Resting where no shadows fall, in perfect peace he waits us all. 55 Inf Div Pro Coy War Diary WO 16610668. 6/6/1943 13.40hrs 7684708 Sgt Holme, 2656564 Cpl Turner, 5723123 L/Cpl Thorne, 1554536 L/Cpl Saunders, 7686900 L/Cpl Rigby killed by enemy action air raid when Coy Billet in Eastbourne, (Hildegard, Mead Road) hit during air-raid. 4862658 L/Cpl Walker, 14258442 L/Cpl Tolson, 14256369 L/Cpl Richards injured and taken to civilian hospital. Casualty Lists 1162, Home Killed in Action, 6/6/1943. Herbert John Thorne. |
Casualty Details:
Date Killed: | 6th June 1943 |
Company: | 55 DIV PRO COY |
Cemetery: | VERWOOD (ST MICHAEL) CHURCHYARD   UNITED KINGDOM |
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