| Surname: | Thursting |
| Initials: | F A |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | 7685440 |
| 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 List 224/19, Home, Died of Wounds, Ex. BEF, 31/5/1940, 30. 8/9/48 He was awarded the 1939-1945 Star, War Medal. Address:- 37 Ashton Lane, Sale, Cheshire. 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. |
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| Date of Death: | May 31, 1940 |
| Company: | UNKNOWN |
| CWGC Link: | 2735996 |
| Cemetery: | SALE CEMETERY, UNITED KINGDOM 🇬🇧 |
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