| Notes: | CMP. Died wiith the BEF in France. He was born and resided in Manchester, 31/5/40 Died. Name spelt Thrusting in Crozier Roll of Honour. His brother Edward John Thursting, 14766268, 4 Air Landing Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery was killed on the Rhine Crossing on the 25/3/45 age 18, and is buried in Reichwald Forest War Cemetery, German in plot 39.a.3. Inscription on gravestone: his brother Edward John, Gunner, Royal Artillery, killed 24 March 1945, age 18 is buried in Germany. Casualty Lists224, Home, Died of Wounds, Ex. BEF, 31/5/1940.
Francis Alan Thursting.
Extract from the Birmingham Daily Post casualty list 23/6/40.
Died of Wounds. Corps of Military Police, L/Cpl F A Thursting. |
