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Second Lieutenant JOHN ERIC THORP

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

Date of Death

Died 03 May 1917

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

QUEANT ROAD CEMETERY, BUISSY

II. F. 24.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 186th Light T.M. Bty.
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John William and Clara E. Thorp, of 49, Grasmere Rd., Huddersfield.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE MORNING DAWNS AND SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

QUEANT ROAD CEMETERY, BUISSY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2385
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