NAM.1987-03-31-1069

One of a collection of 159 papers, 18 Jun 1919-21 Jan 1922. Relating to the service of Gen Sir Augustus Francis Andrew Nicol Thorne in Washington as Assistant Military Attache, from the voyage out on the 'Orduna' from Liverpool on 18 Jun 1919 to his return from New York, 23 Dec 1920, on the 'Imperator'. Including: a diary for July 1919-June 1920, containing details of social events, an address book of mainly social contacts, letters and postcards written to his children, invitations to social events and clubs and correspondence relating to the shipping of his family out to join him. There are also the lease and insurance policy for their house in Washington and correspondence relating to his pay and allowances. The Prince of Wales visited New York in November 1919 and passed through the Panama Canal, March 1920, and there are papers relating to these events. Among the correspondence are letters from Maj Gen H K Bethell, the MA (1920) and others asking him if he wished to defer entering Staff College (March 1920) and offering him the post of Military Secretary at Government House, Ottawa (May 1920). There are social letters received by Mrs Thorne, papers relating to their holiday at White Sulphur Springs West Virginia, August-September 1920, the dispatch of their effects, (November 1920), return home and a list of those at their farewell dance.