Name:
James Stokesbury Thorpe
Rank:
Lieutenant
Serial Number:
Unit:
3rd Brigade, Canadian Machine Gun Corps
Date of Death:
1916-06-13
State:
Iowa
Cemetery:
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, We
Plot:
VI
Row:
A
Grave:
33
Decoration:
Comments:
James Thorpe was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He enlisted in the Canadian Army in Vancouver, British Columbia and lost his life fighting as part of the 3rd Bde. in the Canadian Machine Gun Corps. He is the husband of Olive I. Pettigrew (formerly Thorpe).