Lance Corporal 3896 William Thorley
The St Helens Reporter
Courtesy Ste M
Regiment/Unit: South Lancashire Regiment - 1st/5th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 04/09/1915
Age at death: 20
Date of death: 21st of September 1916
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Heilly Station Cemetery Mericourt-L`Abbe - IV. E. 63.
Census details:
1901 - 4 years old William is living at 36 Eldon Street, St Helens with parents William (38), Mary A (28) and two siblings: [cas=1289]George Frederick Thorley[/cas] (10), Lilian (1). Also at the address is boarder James Taylor (26). 1911 Sees 15 years old 'Block Minder At Glass Works' William still living at 36 Eldon Street, St Helens with widowed father William (48) a chemical labourer and three siblings: [cas=1289]George Frederick Thorley[/cas] (20), Lillian (11), Ernest (8).
Notes:
[note=78]Two Thorley Brothers who died in The Great War[/note] [url=lmem.php?lmem=31]Remembered on the Knowsley Road School Memorial.[/url] Age taken from census.
[note=78]Two Thorley Brothers who died in The Great War[/note] [url=lmem.php?lmem=31]Remembered on the Knowsley Road School Memorial.[/url] Age taken from census.
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/ThorleyWm.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Reporter - Courtesy Ste M[/caption]
[pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/Thorley_W_3806_SLR.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Lance Corporal William Thorley at
Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe
(Photo courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]
