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William Thorpe

Details

Forename William
Surname Thorpe
Middle Name
Memorial Leigh Cenotaph
Age
Address 2 Henrietta Street (sister Mrs Boydell)
Parents' Address
Township Leigh
Rank Private
Occupation or place of work Albion Foundry and later in Barrow working on munitions
Regiment Royal Scots Fusiliers 13th Batt
Day of Death 4
Month of Death July
Year of Death 1916
Cause of Death Died of wounds
Place of Burial Vermelles British Cemetery
Regiment Number 29308
Name of War First World War
Location
Additional Information CWGC, Ancestry, LJ 22/9/16
Remembered on Leigh Journal roll of Honour