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Private EDWARD THOMAS THORPE

Service Number: 2343
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Leicestershire Regiment

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 July 1915

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOP STORE CEMETERY

Plot I. Row C. Grave 27.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Violet Thorpe, of 44, Edith Weston, Stamford, Rutlandshire. For 13 years carrier and carting contractor between Edith Weston and Stamford.
  • Personal Inscription HIS LAST SACRIFICE
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Buried or commemorated at

HOP STORE CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 249
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