Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A poignant family group to brothers:

Three: Private E. W. Thorpe, Suffolk Regiment, who was killed in action in March 1916
1914-15 Star (18304 Pte. E. W. Thorpe, Suff. R.); British War and Victory Medals (18304 Pte. E. W. Thorpe, Suff. R.), together with related Memorial Plaque (Ernest William Thorpe) and scroll, and period portrait photograph in uniform, the plaque with glue stains to reverse, otherwise extremely fine

Three: Private W. J. Thorpe, Northamptonshire Regiment, who was killed in action in November 1917
1914-15 Star (17482 Pte. W. J. Thorpe, North’n. R.); British War and Victory Medals (17482 Pte. W. J. Thorpe, North’n. R.), together with related Memorial Plaque (Walter James Thorpe) and scroll, and period portrait photograph in uniform, the plaque with glue stains to reverse, otherwise extremely fine

Pair: Private H. G. Thorpe, Grenadier Guards, who died of wounds in May 1918
British War and Victory Medals (27402 Pte. H. Thorpe, G. Gds.), together with related Memorial Plaque (Herbert George Thorpe) and scroll, and period portrait photograph in uniform, the plaque with glue stains to reverse, otherwise extremely fine (11) £800-1000

All three brothers were born in Nayland, Suffolk, the sons of James Richard Thorpe and Sarah Annie Thorpe, residents of Bear Street.

Ernest William Thorpe first entered the French theatre of war in August 1915 and was killed in action on 2 March 1916, while serving in the 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial.

Walter James Thorpe first entered the French theatre of war in July 1915 and was killed in action on 30 November 1917, while serving in the 5th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial.

Herbert George Thorpe first entered the French theatre of war after 1 January 1916 and died of wounds on 2 May 1918, while serving in the 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. He is buried in the Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension on the Somme.