BORN HULL 1889. SON OF FRED & HANNAH THORLEY, OF COURTNEY STREET, HULL. SISTERS EMILY AND ALICE AND BROTHER ERNEST THORLEY. BEFORE THE WAR WORKED AS A SHOE MAKER. BOARDED AT 15 WILSON TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. KILLED IN ACTION, AT SERRE, 13/11/1916, AGED 28. HIS BODY WAS UN RECOVERED AND HE IS COMMEMORATED AT THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
NB: CSM FREDERICK CARL THORLEY, KOYLI – 14 BEVERLEY ROAD, GEORGE THORLEY, RFA – 11 DERBY STREET.
First name:
JOHN HAROLD
Regiment:
Military Number:
12010
Rank:
Private
Date Died
13/11/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
28
