Identity
Person No.
25214
Service No.
2814
Last Name
First Name
George Edward
Initials
G E
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MIA 784
Missing in action
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On the Somme battlefield at Thiepval, overlooking the Ancre valley
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 16
Notes
Son of Frederick Emanuel and Francis Maria Thorpe, of Umzinto, Natal. Attended Glenwood Technical High School, Durban. His brother of Alfred Ernest Thorpe also died in service
Research notes
Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 4 C: named on photograph "2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 16". Photograph: South African War Graves Project.
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