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Driver JOHN WILLIAM THORPE

Service Number: T/71001
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Army Service Corps

4 Div. Petrol Coy.

Date of Death

Died 27 May 1940

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PROVEN CHURCHYARD

1939/45 Plot. Grave 1.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Alice Thorpe, of Keighley, Yorkshire; husband of Helene Thorpe, of Keighley.
  • Personal Inscription MEMORIES ARE TREASURES NO ONE CAN STEAL; DEATH LEAVES A WOUND NO ONE CAN HEAL
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