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Major JOHN SOMERLED THORPE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Scots Guards

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 September 1916

Age 44 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CARNOY MILITARY CEMETERY

Q. 39.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Husband of Elizabeth Cecilia Thorpe, of "Coombelands," Pullborough, Sussex.
  • Personal Inscription HE HATH AWAKENED FROM THE DREAM OF LIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

CARNOY MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 854
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