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Able Seaman WILLIAM THORPE

Service Number: P/SSX 31731
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Halsted

Date of Death

Died 09 May 1944

Age 50 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WALSALL (RYECROFT) CEMETERY

Sec. 2. Grave 172.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Ethel M. Thorpe, of Pleck, Walsall.
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Buried or commemorated at

WALSALL (RYECROFT) CEMETERY
Staffordshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 177
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