No.14370835, Gunner, William THARBY
Aged 35
William Tharby was born in Cavendish (Sudbury Q1-1910 4A:879), son of William and Mary Elizabeth THARBY (née PURDY). 1911 census...Aged 1, he was at High Street, Cavendish with his father William THARBY [27] signalman GE Railway born Little Downham, Cambs; his mother Mary Elizabeth [25] and sister Hilda Mary [3] both born in Cavendish. CWGC have him three years older He married Daisy Ellen PLAYLE in 1936. She has not been found in the 1936 register (possibly a closed record). They may have moved as two of three children of a Tharby/Playle marriage had births registered in Newmarket and these are more than likely closed records. In 1939 his parents, father an LNER signalman [1883] and mother a railway gate woman [1885] were at Gate House, Park View, Cavendish with his sister Ethel, a cook [1912] (later to marry PARKER) and brother Leslie F [1926] scholar. There is one closed record |
He died of diptheria. He was initially buried in Margraten American Cemetery in Netherlands, but moved to Overloon on 1st May 1947 |
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