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Lieutenant HERBERT GORDON THORPE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

"A" Coy. 1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 March 1918

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

IX. A. 1.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Herbert William and Lizzie Thorpe, of "Katoomba," Warwick Rd., Bishop's Stortford, Herts.
  • Personal Inscription HELD WE FALL TO RISE, ARE BAFFLED TO FIGHT BETTER, SLEEP TO WAKE.
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Buried or commemorated at

BANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2480
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