GEORGE+THORNE

Thorne, George, Private, 307394, 2nd/8th Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment Born Old Whittington, Derbyshire Enlisted Chesterfield, Derbyshire Resided Old Whittington, Derbyshire Killed in action 8th June 1917

Aged 19 Son of Alfred and Lucy Thorne, of 227, Church St., Old Whittington, Chesterfield. Buried in Metz en Couture Communal Cemetery British Extension, I, E, 1

1911 Census: George Henry Thorne was 13 years old, and was still at school. Residing at 135, Richmond Terrace, Old Whittington, he was the son of Alfred Thorne, a carter, and Lucy Thorne.