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Gunner WILLIAM THORPE

Service Number: 1610
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Garrison Artillery

1st/1st Lancs. Heavy Bty.

Date of Death

Died 18 September 1916

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

I. A. 19.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Sarah Ann Thorpe, of 8, Dryburgh St., Kirkdale, Liverpool.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY FROM HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN PEACE PERFECT PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2106
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