George William Thorpe
View George William on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission websiteService number:
114026
Rank:
Gunner
Service:
Royal Garrison Artillery
Origin:
Date of birth:
1882
Date of death:
21 October 1917
Age at Death:
35
Known information
George William Thorpe, born in Wansford, Northamptonshire, worked as a bootmaker and had succeeded Sergeant Alfred Bunn in the armoury at Uppingham School. He enlisted in July 1916 in Glen Parva, Leicestershire and joined the Royal Garrison Artillery, going to France in January 1917 with 237th Siege Battery. The battery, with its six inch howitzers, took part in the Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele). George was fatally injured in a German bombing raid over Poperinghe and died on 21 October 1917. He is buried in Gwalia Cemetery, near Poperinghe, grave II.D.26, and is remembered on Uppingham's war memorial. George was 35 years old and left five children, the eldest just twelve.
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Gwalia Cemetery on Tuesday 12th August 2014By Matt Steele on Wednesday 13th August '14 at 6:04pm
Rutland and The Battle of the Somme
More than 90 Rutland soldiers died in the Battle of the Somme which lasted from 1 July 1916 until the middle of November. Today they lie in cemeteries across the old battlefield in northern France or are remembered among the 72,000 names on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme. By using our interactive map, you can find out what happened to them.
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