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Private WILLIAM HENRY THORPE

Service Number: 13060871
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Pioneer Corps

Date of Death

Died 25 April 1942

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LEICESTER (GILROES) CEMETERY

Sec. F. Grave 216.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edward and Beatrice May Thorpe, of Leicester.
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Buried or commemorated at

LEICESTER (GILROES) CEMETERY
Leicestershire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 275
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