NAM.1987-03-31-192

Old Essays Musketry reports etc etc. Collection of manuscript, typescript, and printed papers, June 1903-July 1914. Associated with Gen Sir Augustus Francis Andrew Nicol Thorne. Including: a map and two road reconnaissances drawn at Royal Military College, Sandhurst, 1903; essays on infantry tactics, 1905, trenches, 1907, and use of ground, 1908; musketry report on 5 Coy 1st Grenadier Guards, 1907; report on redoubt constructed at Windsor, 1908; 1st Grenadier Guards Emergency Mobilization Orders, 1909; Brigade of Guards Employment Society Rules, 1910; East Coast reconnaissance papers, 1912; Fairfield and Lechlade reconnaissance, 1913; Isle of Wight reconnaissance report, 1914; papers relating to 1st Guards Brigade musketry competition, 1914; musketry returns of 5 Coy 1st Bn Grenadier Guards, 1907, with comments by Commanding Officer and General Officer in Command, London District; papers relating to the Evelyn Wood Rifle Competition involving Guards Bde, July 1914; plan, report and correspondence relating to a redoubt constructed on Windsor racecourse under Thorne's direction during Company Training, April 1908; map of Yateley Common, (scale 1: 7920), drawn by Thorne while at Royal Military College, June 1903; essay written by Thorne, December 1907, 'Entrenchments and cover from fire and mutual support between units and arms', discussing the need for each soldier to have an efficient spade and to be taught how to use it, the use of trenches as a defence against modern weapons and artillery fire. He also stressed the need for cooperation between all arms, and showed incredible foresight of things to come in World War One (1914-1918); two road reconnaissance from Royal Military College Gate to Wellington Hotal, and from Frimley Park to Emperor's Hill, both 1: 21120, executed at Royal Military College and undated; essay written by Thorne, November 1905, 'As the British Thin Red Line was to the French Column, so is the British Extended Order of today to the more dense formation of the Continent'; notes for an essay on Russian tactics; essay written by Thorne, December 1908 on 'The Importance of an eye for ground, as illustrated by the engagements of the Campaign in the Wilderness, May and June 1864'; printed Brigade of Guards Employment Society Rules, 1910; 1st Grenadier Guards Emergency Mobilisation Orders, May 1909; notes and instructions for East Coast Reconnaissance, 1912; report on supplies and transport available in Lechlade and Fairford, Gloucestershire, possibly 1913; Aldershot Command Intelligence and Reconnaissance Course, 1913, Isle of Wight Reconnaissance Scheme (2), April 1913, a scheme for attacking the island, postcards of it, report on defences and a one inch OS map.

World War One (1914-1918)