Alan Thornton b. Abt 1920 Leicester, Leicestershire d. 14 Jul 1983 Groby Road Hospital, Leicester, Leicestershire: The Craxford Family Genealogy Magazine

Abt 1920 - 1983 (~ 63 years)

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Name	Alan Thornton
Relationship	with George William Craxford
Born	Abt 1920	Leicester, Leicestershire
Gender	Male
Education	1930	Wyggeston Grammer School For Boys, Leicester, Leicestershire
Military Service	Between 1939 and 1945	Middle East
	WWII / Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment (The Sherwood Foresters)
Military Service	1947
	Major
Occupation	1950
	Salesman
Died	14 Jul 1983	Groby Road Hospital, Leicester, Leicestershire
Buried	20 Jul 1983	Loughborough Crematorium, Loughborough, Leicestershire
Person ID	I11938	Extended Craxford Family \| The main Craxford branch RED pages I5 (James Ernest Craxford) + I77 (Arthur Craxford)
Last Modified	10 Feb 2009

Father	Harry Thornton, b. 1882, Oadby, Leicester, Leicestershire , d. 28 Mar 1965, Leicester, Leicestershire (Age 83 years)
Mother	Celia Agnes Smith, b. 2 Jun 1884, Wigston Magna, Leicestershire , d. 7 Apr 1949, Wigston Magna, Leicestershire (Age 64 years)
Married	10 Apr 1913	Independent Chapel, Wigston Magna, Leicestershire [1, 2]
Photos		Harry and Celia Thornton
Family ID	F8984	Group Sheet, Family chart

Family Betty Audrey Thomas, b. 1919, Wigston Fields, Leicester, Leicestershire

Married 27 Jun 1945 St Mary's Church, Knighton, Leicester, Leicestershire

Children

	1. Living
	2. Living

Newspaper Cuttings

Thornton birth announcements
A cutting from the Leicester Mercury of October 1947

Last Modified 10 Feb 2009

Family ID F9018 Group Sheet, Family chart

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Born - Abt 1920 - Leicester, Leicestershire

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[S4] England and Wales, Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983, Blaby 7a 279 (AMJ 1913) (Reliability: 3).
[S311] Marriage certificate.
Celia Agnes Smith (28 years) married Harry Thornton (31 years) on10 April 1913 at the Independent Chapel, Wigston Magna, Blaby, Leicester. She was a hosiery (machinist?) of 26(56?) Junction Road,daughter of George Smith a retired railway guard. Harry was an Engine Fireman of 8 Paddock Street. His father was Thomas Thornton a Haulier. Witnesses were Emma Thornton (sister) and Thomas H Thornton (brother)