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Private HAMILTON THORPE

Service Number: S/5591
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 June 1916

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

A. 5.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Mary Flood (formerly Thorpe), of 3, Caledonian Rd., Edinburgh. Served in the South African Campaign.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS TO LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 3066
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