William Thomas Athorn
Date of birth: 1923
Date of death: 7.1.1944
Area: Pontefract
Regiment: Royal Navy
Family information: Son of Thomas and Nellie Athorn
Rank: Leading Airman
Service number: FX/96845
War Service
William Thomas was Leading Airman FX/96845 in the Royal Navy serving with HMS Goshawk when he died on 7th January 1944. He was aged 20. He is buried at Port of Spain (St James) Military Cemetery, Trinidad and Tobago. The inscription on his headstone reads “Loved and remembered always. Mother”.
Family Life
William Thomas was born in 1923 to Thomas and Nellie Athorn nee Burnitt.