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Flying Officer Stanley Edgar Crosby Thorn

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Military service

Service number: J/20231
Age: 26
Rank: Flying Officer
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 427 Sqdn.
Death: October 9, 1943

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: 19. B. 4.
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Son of Samuel John and Caroline Elenor Thorn, of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 220 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY Germany

BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY is 13 km south east of Soltau on the west side of the road from Hamburg to Hannover.

From Hannover travel north in the direction of Hamburg on the Autoroute No.7 for 80 km until the junction with Soltau Sud, this is in fact the junction of the A7 with the B3 Hannover to Hamburg road.

On leaving the A7 at Soltau Sud follow the B3 in the direction of Celle and Bergen. The cemetery is on the right hand side of the road, 7 Km from the motorway junction.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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