See also

Family of Henry "Harry" Alfred George THORNTON and Kathleen Jean Mary ARTHUR

  • Husband:

  • Henry "Harry" Alfred George THORNTON (1913-1944)

  • Wife:

  • Kathleen Jean Mary ARTHUR (1920-1981)

  • Children:

  • Sandra Martha THORNTON (1944-2004)

  • Marriage:

  • Q4 1941

  • Deptford, London SE1

Husband: Henry "Harry" Alfred George THORNTON

  • Name:

  • Henry "Harry" Alfred George THORNTON

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Henry James THORNTON (1881-1952)

  • Mother:

  • Florence Charlotte ALLINSON (1885-1974)

  • Birth:

  • 7 Jul 1913

  • Bermondsey, London SE

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 7 yrs 11 mns)

  • Bermondsey, London SE2

  •  

  • Address: 18 Grange Walk

  • Residence:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 26)

  • Bermondsey, London SE3

  •  

  • Address: 18 Grange Walk

  • Occupation:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 26)

  • Dyed Fur Sorter3

  • Occupation:

  • 1944 (age 30-31)

  • Guardsman, Grenadier Guards

  •  

  • Service No. 2620282

  • Residence:

  • 1944 (age 30-31)

  • Deptford, London SE4

  •  

  • Address: 76 Clifton Rise

  • Death:

  • 18 Jun 1944 (age 30)

  • Westminster, London W4,5

  •  

  • Cause: German bombing raid (V2)

    Address: Wellington Barracks (Guards Chapel), Birdcage Walk

  • Probate:

  • 22 Nov 1944

  • Llandudno, Gwynedd4

  •  

  • Value of Estate £354 3s

Wife: Kathleen Jean Mary ARTHUR

  • Name:

  • Kathleen Jean Mary ARTHUR

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • Q4 1920

  • Deptford, London SE6

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 8 mns)

  • Deptford, London SE7

  •  

  • Address: 38 Friendly Street

  • Beneficiary:

  • 22 Nov 1944 (age 23-24)

  • Beneficiary in probate of the will of Henry "Harry" Alfred George THORNTON

  • Death:

  • 26 Dec 1981 (age 60-61)

  • Blackheath, London SE4

  •  

  • Address: 14 Medebourne Close

  • Probate:

  • 15 Oct 1982

  • London4

  •  

  • Value of Estate <= £25,000

Child 1: Sandra Martha THORNTON

  • Name:

  • Sandra Martha THORNTON

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • Q2 1944

  • Greenwich, London SE8

  • Death:

  • 22 Mar 2004 (age 59)

  • Dewsbury, W Yorks4,8

  • Probate:

  • 18 May 2004

  • Leeds, W Yorks4

Note on Husband: Henry "Harry" Alfred George THORNTON

Harry was the only surviving son of the family and was killed,along with so many other young men, when the Guards Chapel at Wellington Barracks was hit by a V2 .

Note on Wife: Kathleen Jean Mary ARTHUR

Married James Whipps, Q3 1947 Bermondsey9

Sources

1.

BMD Index (GRO). Vol 1d P 1364.

2.

Census 1921 E&W. RG15 PN01901 SN204 RD24 ES1 ED14.

3.

Census 1939 E&W (War Register 29/09/1939).

4.

England & Wales Probate Death Index 1858 - 2019.

5.

BMD Index (GRO). Vol 1a P 399.

6.

England & Wales Births 1837 - 2006. Vol 1d P 1810.

7.

Census 1921 E&W. RG15 PN02713 SN245 RD28 RS2 ED5.

8.

BMD Index (GRO).

9.

England & Wales Marriages 1837 - 2005. Vol 5c P 258.