George Thorpe
Service number
5675886
Military unit
10th Bn Gloucestershire Regiment
Address
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Date of birth
Date of death
13 Feb 1945 (28 years old)
Place of birth
Unknown
Employment, education or hobbies
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Family history
Son of Ernest and Elizabeth Thorpe, 65 Savile Road, Bilsthorpe; husband of Ada Thorpe, of Bilsthorpe, Nottinghamshire
Military history
Gloucestershire Regiment 10th Bn. crossed the Irrawaddy River and came under the command of the Fourteenth Army. They were involved yet again in extremely fierce fighting that led to the final operation that broke the last Japanese resistance in Burma. KIA at the Battle of Mandalay fighting against the Japanese 15th Division and units of the collaborationist Burma National Army and Indian National Army. Buried organally at Mandalay War cemetery.
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