Private Stanley Dunthorne

Stanley Dunthorne was the son of Walter and Edith Dunthorne, of Salford, Lancashire, he enlisted in the General Service Corps, and volunteered for airborne forces.

Private Dunthorpe successfully completed glider training and was posted to 2nd (Airborne) Battalion, Ox and Bucks Light Infantry, and took part in Operation Varsity (Rhine Crossing).

Pte Dunthorpe was killed in action on 3 April 1945, aged 19, and was given a field burial at Greven, Germany and was re-interred to Reichswald Forest War Cemetery on 23 May 1947.

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