From Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
Private Harry Thorogood 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment { 40112 } who died on 23 October 1916 Age 36.
Husband of Emily Harriet Thorogood of 107 Wise Road, Stratford, London.
Remembered on Thiepval Memorial.
From 1911 Census:
Age last birthday 30 (born 1881), employed as a farm labourer, living at Mill End Green; son of George Thorogood (Head of Household); brother Samuel, aged 42.
From 1901 Census:
Aged 20, employed as a farm labourer; son of George and Esther Thorogood, Mill End Green.
OTHER:
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-19:
Service number: 40112
Enlistment place: Dunmow
Residence: Great Easton
Cause of death: Killed in action
Death place & theatre of war: France & Flanders, Western European Theatre
From ‘List of Subscribers’ (to Great Easton War Memorial):
Thorogood, Mrs. Harry
Thorogood, Sam
Click here for CWG certificate for Harry Thorogood
