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Rifleman A E S THORPE

Service Number: 49970
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

Date of Death

Died 25 April 1918

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CRUCIFIX CORNER CEMETERY, VILLERS-BRETONNEUX

I. E. 13.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment posted to London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry and Emily Ann Thorpe, of 47, Winchester Rd., Buckland, Portsmouth.
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Buried or commemorated at

CRUCIFIX CORNER CEMETERY, VILLERS-BRETONNEUX
Somme France
Number of casualties: 803
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