| Full name: | Desmond Brooking Thornton |
| Born: | 15th May 1916, Fulham, Middlesex, England |
| Died: | 15th June 1944, Normandy, France |
| Buried: | Bayeux War Cemetery, France |
| Education: | King Edward's School, Birmingham; London Univeristy |
| Biography: | Insurance broker (1939); Lieutenant, Royal Sussex Regiment; died of wounds when attached to 9th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry |
| Teams: | King Edward's School, Birmingham (Miscellaneous: 1931-1933); Moseley Ashfield (Miscellaneous: 1934); All teams |
| King Edward's School, Birmingham Captain: 1933 | |
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