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Rank & Name
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Private Ernest Thorpe
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Unit
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No. 29451, 8th Bn., Border Regiment
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How & When Died
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Killed in Action, 10 April 1918
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Age, if known
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20 years
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Next of Kin details
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Son of John and Grace Thorpe
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Commemoration Details
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Buried in Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerk, Nord, France. Plot II, Row N, Grave 15.
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Other Information / Remarks
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Ernest Thorpe had previously served with the West Yorkshire Regiment under the service numbers 23386 and 107711. He was a
despatch rider. He lived at Croft End in Barwick in Elmet.
Ernest Thorpe's mother and half brother, John W. Rithchie were from Scotland, although Ernest was born in Barwick. His
father was a colliery labourer.
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Remembering the Fallen of Two Villages on the Eastern Fringes of Leeds.
Site built by Nigel Marshall
Copyright 2006-7
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