Biography:

THORNE, RAY YOUATT
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Captain
Regiment/Service: Devonshire Regiment
Unit Text: 6th Bn.
Age: 26
Date of Death: 23/09/1940
Service No: 69342
Additional information: Son of Ernest George and Lily Mary Thorne.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: C. of E. portion. Grave 67.
Cemetery: MORTE HOE (OR MORTHOE) CEMETERY


However, the minefields at Fairlight were still to claim another victim from the Devons; 11 days after Richman's death, Capt. Ray Thorne was killed on 23 September and is buried in Morte Hoe Cemetery in Devon.