See also

Robert John Thorp (1915-1946)

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Birth:

  • 19 Jan 1915

  • Tendring "Registration District", Essex, England1 2

  • Baptism:

  • 6 Jun 1915 (age 0)

  • Crockleford Mission House, Crockleford Hill, Ardleigh, Essex, England2

  •  

  • son of Robert John Thorp (furniture mover) and Agnes Louisa of Ipswich, baptised at Crockleford Mission House and born on 19th January 1915

  • Military Service:

  • btw 1933 and 30 Nov 1944 (age 17-29)

  • Coldstream Guards as no:26564885

  •  

  • when he was discharged as being physically unfit for Military Service. Perhaps he was wounded, shipped home and died 15 months later

  • Death:

  • 12 Feb 1946 (age 31)

  • 26 Wolverston Avenue, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England3 4 6 7

  •  

  • guardsman no:2656488 of 3rd Battalion Coldstream Guards, son of Robert John and Agnes Louisa Thorp, of Ardleigh

  • Burial:

  • 18 Feb 1946

  • St. Mary the Virgin Church, The Street, Ardleigh, Essex, England4 6

  •  

  • aged 31 of St. Helena Spring Valley Lane Ardleigh

  • Probate:

  • 11 Oct 1946

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • of Spring Valley Ardleigh Essex died 12th February 1946 at 26 Wolverston Avenue Kingston Surrey, probate of effects of £107 18s 10d (~£3,700 in 2017) to Norman Frederick Skeet commercial clerk

Sources

1.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Tendring 1915 quarter:1 volume:4a page:1531. Cit. Date: 13 September 2020.

2.

Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Ardleigh St. Mary the Virgin baptisms 1845-1967 ref:D/P 263/1/28 image:144 page:281 entry:2243. Cit. Date: 13 September 2020.

3.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Surrey North Eastern 1946 quarter:1 volume:2a page:30. Cit. Date: 13 September 2020.

4.

Commonwealth War Grave Commission, (on-line at www.cwgc.org). Ardleigh cemetery section:A grave:150. Cit. Date: 13 September 2020.

5.

FindMyPast British Army Service Records, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Enlistment register series:D no:2656488. Cit. Date: 13 September 2020.

6.

Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Ardleigh St. Mary the Virgin burials 1866-2001 ref:D/P 263/1/161 image:84 page:162 entry:1294. Cit. Date: 13 September 2020.

7.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 1946 page:846. Cit. Date: 13 September 2020.