In Memory of
Clive Richard Leonard THORNTON
Sergeant
577022
Flight Engineer
1663 Heavy Conversion Unit (HCU)
Royal Air Force
Who died on
Saturday 01 May 1943
Age 18
Additional Information
Son of Richard Alexander and Annie Irene Thornton, of Merstham, Redhill, Surrey.
Personal Inscription
Ever in our thoughts.
Mum, dad and Allan
Cemetery
BARNEVILLE-SUR-MER (now BARNEVILLE-CARTERET) COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Manche, Normandy, France.
Location
Barneville-sur-Mer (now Barneville-Carteret) was a small town and seaside resort on the west coast of the Cherbourg Peninsula. The former Barneville Communal Cemetery (east of Barneville-Carteret) is located at 4 Chemin du Lilet, on the left on the D.650 road coming from La Haye towards Les Pieux. There is 1 Commonwealth burial of the 1939-1945 war here, in the north-western part, some 7 yards north of the Calvary in the main path.
Circumstances
Please, follow this link (or click on the map at the top left of this page):
Halifax DG408 – 1663 HCU – 1 May 1943
Note
Sergeant John HUNTER, member of the crew of Halifax DG408, is also buried in Manche Department, Normandy, at Siouville-Hague Churchyard.
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