Private William Thorpe, G/15017
- Batt - 11
- Unit - Royal Sussex Regiment
- Section -
- Date of Birth - 27/5/1894
- Died - 21/10/1916
- Age - 22
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ContributeSource: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland. He was the son of Mrs A. Stovell. He was the grandson of Mrs Ellen Thorpe, by whom he was bought up. Before enlistment he had been a baker in the employ of Mr Edwin Mantle of Langham, Rutland. He embarked for France on the 5th June 1916 , and was reported missing on the 21st October 1916 presumed killed on or after that date.
Leicestershire Project Findings
- Conflict - World War I
- Cause of death - Missing In Action
- Place of death - France
- Birth Place - Langham
Research from Michael Doyle's Their Name Liveth For Evermore
- Unit - Royal Sussex Regiment
- Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
- Burial Commemoration - Thiepval Mem., Somme, France
- Born - Langham, Rutland
- Enlisted - 2/12/15 In Leicester
- Place of Residence - Langham, Rutland, England
- Memorial - BARLEYTHORPE & LANGHAM MEM., RUTLAND
