BORN HULL 1897. ONLY SON OF THOMAS HORACE THORLEY & MARY JANE HICK, OF 12, RIFLE TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25/04/1918, AGED 20.
HE LEFT AN UNMARRIED WIFE, MISS C. SKELTON (LATER GIBSON) AT 11 STEPHENS TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL AN 14, MAY TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS)
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL, BELGIUM.
HE LEFT SISTERS, IVY AND OLIVE. BROTHERS, HORACE, FREDERICK AND CHARLES AND GEORGE
HIS FATHER, ENLISTED IN THE 2/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, ON 28/05/1918, BUT WAS DISCHARGED ON 24/08/1915, AFTER 89 DAYS. HE HAD A DEFORMED HEEL, DUE TO AN ACCIDENT. HIS ARMY ADDRESS WAS 12, RIFLE TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL. HIS WAR PENSION ADDRESS WAS 14, MAY TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL.
