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Rifleman WILLIAM ERNEST THORPE

Service Number: 12/18832
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

"B" Coy. 12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 August 1917

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NEW IRISH FARM CEMETERY

XVI. C. 5.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas Thorpe, of West Tower St., Carlisle; husband of Alice Ann Thorpe, of 18, Portman St., Whalley Range, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription HE GIVETH HIS LIFE THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE FROM HIS LOVING WIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

NEW IRISH FARM CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 4759
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