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He was a quarter master serjeant in Royal Dublin Fusiliers early 1900s. He served and married in Cairo C1910. Wife maiden name was Clear.
He died as a result of wounds received in Gallipoli in 1915.
Looking for more information on family of his son John Thurlow, probably Dublin.
Thank You.

From CWGC for reference:

THURLOW, JOSEPH
Rank:Quartermaster Serjeant
Service No:6771
Date of Death:26/05/1915
Age:31
Regiment/Service:Royal Dublin Fusiliers 1st Bn.
Panel ReferencePanel 190 to 196.
MemorialHELLES MEMORIAL

Additional Information:
Son of Joseph Thurlow; husband of Mary Thurlow, of 14, First Avenue, Inchicore, Dublin. Served in the South African Campaign.

Would that be this son?

Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958

Name: John Bernard Thurlow
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1911
Registration district: Ahmednagar, India
Birth Country: Ireland
Page: 19
FHL Film Number: 101074

Joseph Thurlow
Thompson/ Richardson/ Family Tree
Birth: 1884 - Ireland
Marriage: Dec 1908 - Cairo
Death: 26/5/1915 (26 May 1915) - Gallipoli, Turkey
Parents: Joseph Thurlow, Mary Richardson
Spouse: Mary Clear

John Bernard was born in Ahmednagar, India in 1911 according to tree above?


Here we go


Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958
about John Bernard Thurlow
Name: John Bernard Thurlow
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1911
Registration district: Ahmednagar, India
Birth Country: Ireland
Page: 19
FHL Film Number: 101074

UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960

Name: John Thurlow
Birth Date: abt 1911
Age: 3
Port of Departure: Calcutta, India
Arrival Date: 12 May 1914
Port of Arrival: London, England
Ports of Voyage: Colombo [Plymo`uth]
Ship Name: China
Shipping Line: Peninsula and Orient Steam Navigation Company Ltd
Official Number: 104467

Travelling with Mary (28) and Mary (2) - presumably mother and sister?

England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2006
about John Bernard Thurlow
Name: John Bernard Thurlow
Birth Date: 3 Sep 1911
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1978
Age at Death: 66
Registration district: Worthing
Inferred County: West Sussex
Volume: 18
Page: 2423

Possible death?

England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2006

Name: John Bernard Thurlow
Birth Date: 3 Sep 1911
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1978
Age at Death: 66
Registration district: Worthing
Inferred County: West Sussex
Volume: 18
Page: 2423

Sisters registration

Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958
about Mary Thurlow
Name: Mary Thurlow
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1913
Registration district: Madras
Birth Country: Ireland
Page: 14
FHL Film Number: 101075

Household transcription
1911 census

Person: THURLOW, Joseph
Institution: 1st Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 1ST ROYAL DUBLIN FUSILIERS, AHMEDNAGAR, DECCAN, INDIA
Military details: Sergeant 1st Roy Dub Fus

THURLOW, Joseph Married ? 29 1882 Dublin Co Dublin VIEW
RG number: RG14
Piece: 34997
Reference: RG14PN34997 RD641 SD22 ED5 SN9999
Registration District:
Sub District:
Enumeration District: 5
Parish:
Address: Ahmidnagar Deccan India
County: Overseas military



Household transcription
1911 census
Person: THURLOW, Mary
Institution: 1st Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 1ST ROYAL DUBLIN FUSILIERS, AHMEDNAGAR, DECCAN, INDIA
Military details:

THURLOW, Mary Wife Married F 26 1885 Carlow Co Carlow (One child born who had died)

Address: Ahmidnagar Deccan India
County: Overseas military



Ireland, Civil Registration Deaths Index, 1864-1958
about Louis Alexander Thurlow
Name: Louis Alexander Thurlow
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1910
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1910
Death Age: 0
Registration district: Ahmednagar, India
Death Country: Ireland
Page: 25
FHL Film Number: 0101604

Part of his Army Record is on Ancestry - his attestation sheet and some damaged papers, one of which is about his wife's pension- 20/06 (£1.05)

From The War Graves Photographic Project

A bit more on Joseph, states he was buried at sea.

Thurlow, Joseph

Cemetery: Helles Memorial

Country: Turkey

Area: Gallipoli

Rank: Quartermaster Serjeant

Official Number: 6771

Unit: 1st Bn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers

Force: Army

Nationality: British

Details:
(Soldier, buried at sea) 26-May-1915 Aged 31 Son of Joseph Thurlow; husband of Mary Thurlow, of 14, First Avenue, Inchicore, Dublin. Served in the South African Campaign. Panel 190 to 196.

You can obtain photos of the panels etc and his name where it is inscribed on the panel, however they do ask for a donation.

see info on the link for details

http://twgpp.org/information.php?id=3501796

George