| Full name: | Desmond Brooking Thornton |
| Born: | Q2 1916, Fulham, Middlesex, England |
| Died: | 15th June 1944, France |
| Buried: | Bayeux War Cemetery, France |
| Education: | King Edward's School, Birmingham |
| Biography: | Lieutenant, Royal Sussex Regiment; died of wounds when attached to 9th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry |
| Teams: | King Edward's School Birmingham (Miscellaneous: 1932-1933); Warwickshire Club and Ground (Miscellaneous: 1932-1933); Moseley Ashfield (Miscellaneous: 1934); Warwickshire Imps (Miscellaneous: 1938) |
| King Edward's School Birmingham Captain: 1933 |
| Lists of matches and more detailed statistics |
