E.+W.+THORP

Thorp, Edgar Wilks, Private, 22961, 9th Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment Disembarked for service 28th August 1915 Born Shipley, Yorkshire Enlisted Buxton, Derbyshire Resided Bugsworth, Derbyshire Killed in action 15th October 1915 aged 36 Son of John and Lavinia Thorp, of Shipley, Bradford, Yorks.; husband of Ann Thorp, of Brierley Green, Bugsworth, Stockport. Buried in Green Hill Cemetery, Turkey, I, C, 1

Note: Recorded as Edgar Wilks Thorpe on the Medal Roll

1911 Census A brick and tile works horse driver Husband of Ann, and father of Edgar, Elizabeth Ann, Marion and John Joseph Thorp, of Brierley Green, Bugsworth, Derbyshire **Back to Memorial **
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