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Capt. Lionel Cuthbert Thornton
British Army 5th Btn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
from:Ascot, Berkshire
(d.15th Feb 1942)
Lionel Thornton died on the 15th of February 1942, aged 37 and is commemorated on Column 69 on the Singapore Memorial in Kranji War Cemetery in Singapore.
He was the son of Thomas and Edith Thornton; husband of Joan Ross Thornton, of Ascot, Berkshire.