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Sgt. Arthur Thorpe
British Army Reconnaissance Corps
from:Birmingham
My Father, Arthur Thorpe joined the army, I think the Staffordshire Regiment in 1939/40.
He became a corporal then Sergent eventually joining the Reconnaissance Corps in Bren gun carriers and armoured cars.
He fought in France, Holland and Germany joining the fighting a few days after D Day.