Bombardier John Humphrey Wilson Thorne
1st Regiment, the Royal Horse Artillery 872122
Date of Birth: 1923
Place of Birth: Bangalore, Holy Trinity, Madras, India
Date of Death: 1st of February 1947, aged 23
Buried: Brookwood Military Cemetery, Brookwood, Surrey. Grave reference 34A. D. 8.
Awarded the 1939-45 Star and the War Medal 1939-1945
Son of George and Helena Mabel Thorne (née Humphrey) of Teignmouth, Devon, and brother of Francis Anderson George Thorne, who also died on service.
Inside of the Holy Trinity Church, Bangalore By Charles Haynes - https://www.flickr.com/photos/haynes/410872049/sizes/z/in/photostream/, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=13306883
Bombardier John Humphrey Wilson Thorne, 1st Regiment, the Royal Horse Artillery, 872122
