Name
Guy Deane Thorley
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
03/08/1918
18
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
60958
Bedfordshire Regiment
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
SHENLEY (ST. BOTOLPH) CHURCHYARD
South of Church door.
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
St Botolph's Church Memorial, Shenleybury (now lost) (*1)
Pre War
Recorded as born in Fernham, Berkshire and living in Shenley when he enlisted in Hertford.
Wartime Service
Died in England
Additional Information
*1 Believed named on the lost memorial.
Shenley (St Botolphs) Churchyard is in Shenleybury.
Guy’s grave in Shenley (St. Botolph) Churchyard, Shenleybury has a headstone which also commemorates his brother Horace. Their inscription reads:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
CADET GUY DEANE THORLEY. YOUNGEST SON OF JOSEPH THORLEY OF WOOD HALL, SHENLEY. WHO DIED IN NAPSBURY MILITARY HOSPITAL. AUGUST 3RD 1918. AGED 19 YEARS.
ALSO OF HORACE WILLIAM. SECOND SON. LIEUT. 17TH LANCERS.
KILLED IN ACTION AUGUST 8TH 1918, AGED 23 YEARS. AND BURIED IN CAYEUX-EN-SANTERRE, FRANCE.
Acknowledgments
Jonty Wild
