Name
John Thorne
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
16/08/1917
20
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
36481
Royal Berkshire Regiment
2nd Bn. formerly 6th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Panel 105 to 106 and 162.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
St Albans Citizens Memorial, Town Hall (old) Memorial, St Albans, St Michael's Church Memorial, St Albans, Hertfordshire Regimental Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford
Pre War
Only son of John and Emily Jane Thorne, of Childwick Green, St. Albans. Enlisted in Hertfordshire Regt. - Royal Berkshire Regiment, 2nd Bn. formerly 6th Bn.
Wartime Service
Formerly 5867 in the Hertfordshire Regiment.
Killed in action.
Additional Information
John is also commemorated on the family grave in St. Albans (Hatfield Road) Cemetery. His part of the inscription reads:
ALSO JOHN ONLY SON OF THE ABOVE [John William Thorne]
REPORTED MISSING ON AUGUST 16TH 1917 IN THE BATTLE LINE OF FLANDERS.
Acknowledgments
Gareth Hughes, Christine Aitken, Jonty Wild
