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Gunner ARTHUR THORPE

Service Number: 1120589
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

60 (5th Bn.The Royal Welch Fusiliers) Anti-Tank Regt

Date of Death

Died 13 September 1944

Age 39 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GRADARA WAR CEMETERY

I, B, 35.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Florence Thorpe, of Wigan, Lancashire; husband of Sarah Ann Thorpe, of Pemberton, Wigan.
  • Personal Inscription YEARS WILL NOT DARKEN NOR SHADOWS DIM THE BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES WE KEEP OF HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

GRADARA WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1192
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