BORN WINTERINGHAM, LINCS 1888. ENLISTED HORNSEA. SON OF MR S & AGNES THORPE, WEST STREET, LEVEN. HE WAS GROOM TO THE RECTOR AT SIGGLESTONE. A MARRIED MAN. HIS BATTERY RECEIVED A DIRECT HIT AND HE WAS KILLED WITH FOUR OTHERS. HIS BROTHER SERVED IN THE SAME BATTERY BUT WAS AT REST CAMP AT THE TIME. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 7TH SEPTEMBER 1917, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES MENIN GATE MEMORIAL, BELGIUM.
First name:
GEORGE
Military Number:
88909
Rank:
Gunner
Date Died
10/08/1917
Place died:
YPRES MENIN GATE MEMORIAL, BELGIUM
Age:
29
