Arthur Thorpe
Area: Knottingley
Regiment: CMF
Family information: Second son of Mrs A Thorpe of Fishergate, Ferrybridge
Rank: R/M
War Service
Pontefract & Castleford Express 2 March 1945 p3 (+ photo)
“MISSING
Mrs A Thorpe of Fishergate, Ferrybridge, has received news from the War Office of her second son R/M Arthur Thorpe serving with the CMF is reported missing. R/M Thorpe has been in the Army for five years and has been abroad for over two years. Before joining the Army he worked at the Yorkshire Electricity Power Station, Ferrybridge. He is 26 years of age, and is known to his friends as ‘Curly,’ His father died five years ago.”