Private Charles Thorpe, 40680
- Batt - 1
- Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
- Section -
- Date of Birth -
- Died - 22/10/1916
- Age - 27
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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 Frank and Elizabeth Thorpe. The War Diary for today records that the Battalion was located at Corbie and between 2.00 and 5.00 pm 71st Infantry Brigade Operational Order number 111 warning that 6th Division has -?- -?-, be prepared to entrain any time after the 26th/27th and be transported to 1st Army. Church Parade.
Leicestershire Project Findings
- Conflict - World War I
Research from Michael Doyle's Their Name Liveth For Evermore
- Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
- Cause of death - DIED OF WOUNDS
- Burial Commemoration - Grove Town Cem., Meaulte, France
- Enlisted - Shepshed, Leicestershire
- Place of Residence - Brook Street, Shepshed, Leicestershire, England
- Memorial - SHEPSHED MEM., LEICS
- Memorial - ST. WINIFRIDE'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, SHEPSHED, LEICS
