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Military service
Service number:
150652
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
16th Bn.
Birth:
September 22, 1896
Death:
October 9, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of John William Thorpe, of 20, Holme St., Brantford, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Edward Howard Thorpe
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Group Photo
This photo is of the men from Elgin, Manitoba who were members of the 79th Overseas Batallion during WWI. Of the 19 men in this photo, the following 9 men died in action during the war: Frank James, Clifford Honeyman, John Spratt, Reuben Wilson, Edward Thorpe, William Passmore, Charles Webster, Kenneth Conacher, and William Marshall. -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Private Edward Howard Thorpe
Digital gallery of
Private Edward Howard Thorpe
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 173 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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