Alec Kirkman Thorpe

Auxiliary Fire Service 1938 -1941
Age
44

Rank / Role
Fireman

Brigade/Service
AFS - Worthing

Cause of death
Blood poisoning from injuries following a fall from fire engine.

Location died
Believed date of death and not accident.

Location Injured
Fell from appliance responding to fire call

Current Fire Authority
West Sussex

Further information

November 1940 Edition of Fire magazine records him as having died 5 months after the accident.

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