Private Kenneth Thornborrow

Kenneth Thornborrow was the son of Frederick and Elizabeth Ethel (Wragg) Thornborrow, he enlisted in the General Service Corps and volunteered for airborne forces.

Private Thornborrow successfully completed parachute training at RAF Ringway on course number 150B from 24 January to 8 February 1945. His course report stated, “Average performer, talks too much, strong confident”. He was posted to 13th (2/4th Battalion The South Lancashire Regiment) Battalion, the Parachute Regiment, and took part in Operation Varsity (Rhine Crossing).

Pte Thornborrow was killed in action on 24 March 1945, aged 18, whilst taking part in the daylight parachute drop into Germany as part of the Rhine Crossing during operation Varsity and was given a field burial at Hamminkeln, Germany and was re-interred to Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany, on 11 November 1946.

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