Thornewell, Edwin
Personal Information
Rank | LAC |
Forename(s) | Edwin |
Surname | Thornewell |
Gender | M |
Age | 38 |
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Date of Death | 20-08-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of William Henry and Sarah Jane Thornewell, of Loughborough. Husband of Eveline Thornewell, of Loughborough. |
Aircraft Information
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Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Loughborough (Leicester Road) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Comp. 395. Grave 38. |
Epitaph | ASLEEP IN GOD'S GARDEN |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | SP |
Panel Number | 272 (not yet erected on site) |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1138844 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
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Squadron | Tuddenham |
Trade | Ground Staff |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-11--0001 |
End Date | 30-11--0001 |
Takeoff Station | Tuddenham |
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Reason for Loss | Admitted dangerously ill to RAF Hospital, Ely following a fall from his bicycle. Transferred to the Hughes College Military Hospital, Oxford where he died of bronchopneumonia secondary to a fractured skull and brain laceration. |