Edward Thorpe
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Edward was born in 1894 in Thorne and was the son of Charles Freeman Thorpe a farm labourer and Harriett Thorpe née Cocking. His father Charles Freeman Thorpe was born in 1870 in Thorne Yorkshire, his mother Harriett Cocking was born in 1864 in Eastoft, Lincolnshire, they were married in Thorne in 1891 and went on to have 6 children. Their children were :- Arthur b1891 Swinefleet, Lincs, Elizabeth b1894 Thorne, Edward b1894 Thorne, Ada b1896, Thorne, Tom b1899 Shade Hooten, Yorks, and Flora b1901 Wadsworth, Yorks. In the 1911 census the family are living at The Green, Ruddington , and are shown as Charles 40 years head of the family, he is living with his wife Harriett 47 yrs and two of their children, Tom 12 yrs a scholar and Flora 10 yrs. Edward by the 1911 census has left the home address , he is 17 yrs of age, single and a servant, he is living at North Saiths Farm, Kneesall, Nottinghamshire , with James Moody the farm foreman 52 yrs and his wife and 7 children, he is employed as a horseman on the farm.
Private Edward Thorpe, was a career soldier , he had had enlisted at Nottingham and served with the 2nd battalion Grenadiers Guards, he landed in France on 22nd August 1914 with his battalion. He died of wounds received in action on 10th January 1915, he is buried in Rue-Des-Berceaux Military Cemetery grave reference I A 8
Obituary published in the Nottingham Evening Post dated 10th January 1916 reads :- “THORPE. – In ever-loving remembrance of our dear son and brother, Pte. Edward Thorpe, 2nd Grenadier Guards, died of wounds in Belgium, January 10th, 1915. Sleep on, dear lad, and take your rest, we know you nobly did your best; your task is done, your labour's o'er, now rest in peace for evermore. Too far away thy grave to see, but not too far to think of thee. – From his sorrowing mother, dad, sisters, and brothers, and brother Arthur on active service, and sweetheart Lily.” above obituary courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918
