Victory Medal named 2 LIEUT H G H THORP.
Henry Guy Hanning Thorp was born in Goole, Yorkshire, on 21 Jan 1895, educated at Haileybury College. He was commissioned a 2nd Lt in the 3rd Battalion, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 28 February 1915. He died of wounds received in action on 12th Mar 1915, at No. 3 Casualty Clearing Station, Bailleul, on 13 March 1915, and is buried in Bailleul Communal Cemetery, France.
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