A Poppy
A Poppy

Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
Links to
- CWGC Headstones -
- Belgium : Ypres area : Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery CWGC -
- Fred Thorne -

Location

In Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
 
Description

Standard CWGC Headstone.
Grave location : V. B. 36.
Headstone


 
Inscription

57831 BOMBARDIER
F. THORNE
ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY
1ST APRIL 1916 AGE 20

NO ONE KNOWS
HOW MUCH WE MISS HIM
ONLY ACHING HEARTS CAN TELL

 
Further Information

Fred Thorne

Son of : Thomas Thorne and Sarah Jane Thorne (née Herrington), of Godshill, Isle of Wight.

Born : 1895, Whitwell, Isle of Wight.

Census Information :

1901 : Thomas and Sarah Thorne, with their children including Fred aged 5, are at Appleford Hut, Godshill, Isle of Wight. Thomas Thorne is a Cowman on Farm.

1911 : Thomas and Sarah Thorne, with their son Fred aged 15, are at Appleford, Godshill, Isle of Wight. Thomas Thorne is a Cowman on Farm; Fred Thorne is a General Labourer on Farm.

CWGC record ...
 
Commmemorated on this Isle of Wight Memorial :

Godshill War Memorial



 
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