THORNTHWAITE, Norman
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
1 Commando
Prior Police Service:
Cumberland Constabulary
Service:
Army
Born:
Saturday, September 2, 1916
Died:
1989
Place died:
Penrith
15.05.1939 joined the Cumberland Constabulary.
12.06.1939 after police training at Whitehaven posted to Wigton.
01.06.1940 transferred to Kendal.
15.10.1942 commenced military service after volunteering for the commandos. 3rd Police Intake to the Commando Depot (Commando Basic Training Centre). Posted No.1 Commando.
23.12.1945 rejoined the Cumberland Constabulary.
12.07.1954 promoted Police Sergeant on 12 July 1954.
Member of the Commando Association (Penrith).
Sources
Tony Moore, FRHistS and Police Historian.
Commando Association newsletter 17 (1953).
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 90 (March 1990).
Registers of Deaths in Penrith, registration month October 1989.
Commando Association newsletter 24 (1957) (below).
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