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William Rodwell W R Thornber, Gunner served with Royal Artillery, 113 Bty., 33 Field Regt..
Service number: '933870'. Date of death: 1944-06-18. Age: 26. Country: France.
Buried at Ranville War Cemetery, grave reference I. F. 25..
SON OF WILLIAM AND SARAH THORNBER; HUSBAND OF IVY IRENE THORNBER, OF BURNLEY, LANCASHIRE.
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