Frank Thorpe

Private 245441. 20 Manchester Rgt. formerly no. 205182 West Yorkshire Rgt.

Born in 1885.

Married Fanny E. Battye in 1911.

Address 66 Leymoor Road.

Employment: Finishing Dept. at C. & J. Hirst & Sons, Longwood.

Enlisted: 16th April 1916 in Halifax.

Embarked for France July 1916 November.

Died of wounds 23 October 1918 aged 33 years.

Buried at Honnechy British Cemetery, France. Plot 1, row B, grave 69/71.

Frank worked in the cloth finishing department at C & J Hirst's at Longwood where he was well known and popular. He attended Golcar Baptist Church and was formerly a member of the Reading Room.

He had been sent to France initially, then transferred to Italy in November 1916, returning to France in September 1918.

His wife received a letter from his officer telling her that he had been very sever.n wounded by machine gun fire and had died shortly afterwards. The regimental caries record the 20th Battalion involved in a dawn attack on the 20th October along the of the River Richemont, and quotes "The attack was not successful owing to the number of heavy machine guns untouched by our artillery fire".

Honnechy British Cemetery contains 455 casualties.