Basic Details
Surname
Thorpe
Forenames
George
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra detail. A married man who was originally from Ripon, he worked, enlisted (in January 1916), served (in the same regiment) and was killed all alongside his friend, Horace Wheater(also commemorated on this memorial): it was their first day in the trenches and both are buried in he same cemetery.
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Mazingarbe
Cemetery
Philosophe British Military Cemetery
Year of death
1917
Month of death
May
Day of death
13
Age at death
26
Manner of death as stated
Not stated on this memorial
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action