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Military service
Service number:
192716
Age:
21
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Machine Gun Corps
Division:
9th Coy.
Death:
October 26, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 32
Additional information
Son of Mrs. Harriett Thorne, of 22, Springbank Avenue, Birchcliff, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Corporal Alfred Henry Thorne
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Press Clipping
In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Remembered by the 48th Highlanders Museum 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of Alfred Henry Thorne
Pte Alfred Henry Thorne (seated front right) was member of the 92nd Battalion (48th Highlanders) prior to his transfer to the CMGC. Submitted by BGen G Young, 15th Battalion CEF Memorial Project Dileas Gu Brath -
Cap Badge
Cap Badge 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Private Thorne enlisted in the 92nd Bn but was transferred to the C.M.G.C. as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret'd) V.Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Cap Badge
Cap Badge Canadian Machine Gun Corps. Pte Thorne enlisted with the 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) but was transferred to the CMGC as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret’d) V. Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Inscription on Menin Gate
Inscription on the Menin Gate, photo courtesy of Marg Liessens.
Digital gallery of
Corporal Alfred Henry Thorne
Digital gallery of
Corporal Alfred Henry Thorne
Digital gallery of
Corporal Alfred Henry Thorne
Digital gallery of
Corporal Alfred Henry Thorne
Digital gallery of
Corporal Alfred Henry Thorne
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 339 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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