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Private WILLIAM THORPE

Service Number: 47077
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

19th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 July 1917

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PERTH CEMETERY (CHINA WALL)

II. E. 36.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Thorpe, of 56, Worcester St., Oldham.
  • Personal Inscription BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH AND I WILL GIVE THEE A CROWN OF LIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

PERTH CEMETERY (CHINA WALL)
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 2798
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