Frank Thorpe
Service number
1807699
Military unit
239 Bty 77 HAA Regt Royal Artillery
Address
Unknown
Date of birth
14 Apr 1912
Date of death
04 Jul 1943 (33 years old)
Place of birth
Unknown
Employment, education or hobbies
He was a gas depot store keeper in 1939.
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Family history
He was the son of John and Martha Thorpe and the brother of Elizabeth May, Annie and Mavis Thorpe. In 1921 and 1939, they lived at 6, Vane Street, Radford Bridge Road, Nottingham. Frank Thorpe and Elsie May Nattrass were married at Nottingham in 1936 and lived at 56, Garfield Road, Radford, Nottingham.
Military history
July 1943, the men of 239 Battery, 77th Heavy Anti-Aircraft (HAA) Regiment, Royal Artillery were being held as prisoners of war of the Japanese in the Far East (primarily in Java and camps in Singapore or Japan), following the surrender of Java on March 8, 1942.He was
Extra information
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Photographs
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