Kenneth Roy Thornton

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Biography of Kenneth Roy Thornton

Captain Kenneth Roy Thornton of the RAMC was born in Whitley Bay and graduated from the University MA (1934) and MB ChB (1938). He was a house physician at Glasgow Western Infirmary and a House Surgeon at the city's Ear Nose and Throat Hospital before joining the RAMC.

Kenneth and his wife, Moira Helen (née Mackenzie), had a daughter called Rosemary Thornton (married name Bonine) and she was born in December 1941.

Thornton died on 18 February 1943 at Castlederg in Northern Ireland.

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Kenneth Roy Thornton
Born 13 March 1913, Whitley Bay, England.
Died 20 February 1943.
University Link: Graduate
GU Degrees: MA, 1934; Arts, MB ChB, 1938;
Father's Details: Robert Thornton; Minister of religion
War Service: Captain, Royal Army Medical Corps
Record last updated: 18th Aug 2014