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Sapper JOSEPH WILLIAM THORPE

Service Number: 1941712
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

59 Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 12 May 1944

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CASSINO WAR CEMETERY

I. G. 18.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Elizabeth Thorpe; husband of Norah Thorpe, of Lincoln.
  • Personal Inscription A DAY OF SAD REGRET FOR THE ONE WE LOST BUT WILL NEVER FORGET. HIS WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN
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Buried or commemorated at

CASSINO WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 4277
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