posted on 2024-01-16, 17:20authored byLest We Forget Project Team
Tom Thorpe was a driver and lived in Ilkley. He was in 245 battery 4th West Yorks which became 245 brigade in 1915/16. He served throughout the war: April 1915 - 1919. The battery had few casualties in the war possibly because they were further from the frontline. He came home for Christmas in 1918/19 and camped at Folkestone. In Jan 1919 they protested about having to go back to France and eventually they were sent home.
History
Name of contributor(s)
Margaret Harley (Tom's daughter)
Subject of the story/individual the object(s) relate to
Tom Thorpe
Date(s) the event(s) in the story took place
1915-1919
Location(s) where the event(s) in the story took place
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Object(s)
Photos of Tom and possibly 245 battery, combined leave and railway ticket, leave warrant, demob papers.