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Pte. Leonard Alfred Thorpe
British Army 13th Battalion East Surrey Regiment
from:Fulham
My grandfather, Leonard Thorpe was aged 16 when he signed up at Wandsworth on 13/07/1915 to the East Surrey Regiment. He was immediately assigned to the 13th (Wandsworth) Battalion. Moving to Le Havre in April 1916.
During action on 24th of April 1917 he is shot in the right wrist, leading to amputation. He is sent home on the Hospital Ship Essequibo on 1st of May 1917 before being honourably discharged on 17th of May 1917. It is believed that he saw action at the Battle of Ancre and was wounded on the assault of the town of Villers Plouich. He died in 1977. May he rest in peace, never forgotten.
He earned the Silver War Badge, Victory Medal & British War Medal