Gunner George William Thorpe, 114026
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- Unit - Royal Garrison Artillery
- Section - 237th Siege Battery
- Date of Birth -
- Died - 21/10/1917
- Age - 35
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ContributeSource: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland. He left a widow and five children, the eldest being only twelve. Before enlistment he had been a bootmaker, and had succeeded Sergeant Bunn, who was killed on active service, in the Armoury of Uppingham School. He enlisted in the Royal Garrison Artillery and embarked for France in January 1917. He was fatally wounded by an aerial bomb near Poperinghe, Belgium.
Leicestershire Project Findings
- Conflict - World War I
Research from Michael Doyle's Their Name Liveth For Evermore
- Unit - Royal Garrison Artillery
- Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
- Burial Commemoration - Gwalia Cem., Poperinghe, Belgium
- Born - Wansford, Northants
- Enlisted - July 1916 In Glen Parva, Leics
- Place of Residence - West End, Uppingham, Rutland, England
- Memorial - SS. PETER & PAUL'S CHYRD. MEM., UPPINGHAM, RUTLAND
- Memorial - SS. PETER & PAUL'S CHURCH, UPPINGHAM, RUTLAND
