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Copyright 21eme Regiment de Ligne
  Trevor Thorpe

Trevor Thorpe

To the members of 21eme de ligne

I write to you to announce the sad news of the death of Trevor Thorpe.
Trevor was a member of this regiment for over 20 years and he died peacefully in the early hours of sunday morning (3 June) at his home in South Cave after a protracted illness.

Trevor in Switzerland

Trevor had joined this regiment to keep his son Andrew company all those years ago. He stayed long after Andrew departed and has climbed his way through the ranks becoming a corporal and the treasurer, the posts which he kept succesfully until his retirement 4 years ago.

Trevor


I was privileged to have known Trevor, Christine and Andrew for all these years and shared many 21eme trips abroad, or as he called them "adventures"' together. I shall always remember our long chats lubricated by a glass or two of Claret in a candle-lit tent when the time seemed to have stood still and the reality became the early 19th century ambiance which we recreated.

Trevor has now moved on and perhaps we shall all meet on that horse drawn cart when our time comes (this is for the benefit of all those who read the "Seven men of Gascony")

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I wish to say goodbye to an old friend and comrade and thank him for the wonderful memories we shared together through our hobby.

Our thoughts are with Christine his wife, his children, and his grandchildren who have lost wonderfull father and grandfather.

C.D. Perko

C.O.

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(Thanks to Erny van Wijk of the 85eme for the use of her photos Keith Redfern)
Events 2012
 
5-7th May Woollaton Hall, Nottingham
19-20 May Sheffield Triples English Institute of Sport

25-27 May "Fort Amherst" the venue has now been changed to South Park Hunton Court (just south of Maidstone).
30th June-1st July Salisbury, Wiltshire
25-27th August Military Odyssey
1-2nd September Borodino.
Commanding Officer
 
Chris Perko
Algrave Hall
Hassock Lane North
Shipley
Derbyshire DE75 7JB
The Adjutant
 
Chris Durkin
7 Lowcroft Crescent
Chadderton
Oldham OL9 9UU
Position of the Regiment
 
18th May
1790 Regiment Guyenne at Lyon (November)
1792: Journal militaire arrived Besancon.
1793 besieged at Landau
1794 At Nice, General Kellerman formed a Polish battalion with men found in the 21e Demi-brigade (9 companies of 3 officers and 70 men)(1 April)
1796 Entry into Milan.
1798: Garrison at Amiens, 2nd battalion Nantes (formed march 97)
1799 1st battalion from bridgehead at Cassano to Luco-Verderio.
1800 3rd battalion made prisoner 7th May at Peschsira re-entered France not to serve for 6 months, envoyed to Tours.
1801 140 men formed part of the battailon expeditionaire on the Ile de Re boarding the frigate l'Africaine. (31st January)
1802 Detachment at Saint Domingo
1803 Pre 1803 at the Bruges/Ostend Camp, (3 and 4 battalions at Flessingue 'til july 1804 then to Bruges)
1804 3rd and 4th battalion to Cologne.
1805 Crossed the Danube at Pressburg. One battalion at Bruick, other in villages Regelbrun, Arbestal, Collesbrunn, Willfersnauer and Schadendorf until 5 January 1806. (Decree of 1805 or 1804 formed at Juliers 9 battalions from 51, 85, 30, 61, 111, 21, 22, 39, 96, 69, 76, 27, 59 Line, 6,5, 9 and 25 Leger.
1806 Towards the River Necker occupied Kunzeslaw and Kupferzell until 26th June.
1807 Division at the Hohenstein camp until 5th June.
1808 End of January: rotation through the villages of Drossen, Stenberg, Bibereichs, Landsberg, Friedeberg, Zielenstic, Driezen in the east of Austria.(Depot at Juliers)
1809: Division at St Polten.
1810 Division at Hannover, Regiment at Halberstadt.
1811 Stade
1812 Division at Thorn.
1813 Reviewed at Juliers.
1814:Reduction of the regiments, 21eme absorbed 3 and 5/151 Ligne, later 1/4 Tirailleurs. Stationed at Cambrai. (12 May)
1815 Lille.
Waterloo 1985
 
Boulogne 1991 on the Video page.