Name
Frederick William Thorn
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
30/09/1918
19
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
G/28833
The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
10th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
Plot XXIV, Row E, Grave 27.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Watford Borough Roll of Honour
Pre War
Son of George and Mary Ann (nee LANE) THORN of Watford.
His parents married 1889 in the Hemel Hempstead, Herts, district. George died 4 October 1933 in Watford aged 74, and was buried 6 October in Vicarage Road Cemetery, Watford; Mary died 1935 in Watford aged 74, and was buried 1 April, also in Vicarage Road Cemetery.
Frederick was born 1899 in Watford.
He has an entry in the National Probate Calendar.
On the 1901 Census, aged 2 he lived in Watford, with his parents and one sibling. On the 1911 Census, at school aged 12, he still lived in Watford, with his parents and one sibling.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Bedford; was entitled to the Victory and British War medals, and died of wounds received in action.
Additional Information
Unfortunately, Frederick’s Service Record appears to be one that did not survive the World War Two bombing.
There is an article about Frederick in the West Herts and Watford Observer dated 5 October 1918; plus an In Memoriam in the issue dated 27 September 1919.
Acknowledgments
Sue Carter (Research) and Watford Museum (ROH on line via www.ourwatfordhistory.org.uk)
