NAM.1987-03-31-391

One of 50 papers relating to Gen Sir Augustus Francis Andrew Nicol Thorne's military service and family life during 1914, with background material. Including: bills from various traders, one for Staff uniform items and equipment, April 1914; programmes for the 1st Guards Bde Training and Individual and Company Training, 1914; agreement with Fortnum and Mason to supply the Headquarters Staff Mess of the 1st Guards Bde, with food, 3 August; pad diary with entries covering mobilisation, a voyage to La Havre and journey to Etreux, 12-28 August 1914; list of mobilisation stores issued to 1st Guards Bde at Aldershot; letters to his daughter Diana, letters from soldiers and their wives to Thorne and his wife; letters of appreciation from senior officers on Thorne's services; undated list of Company and Platoon Commanders of the 1 Guards Bde. Relating to the 1st Guards Brigade and the Grenadier Guards. Associated with World War One, Western Front and World War One, Outbreak of War (1914-1918).

World War One, Outbreak of War (1914), World War One, Western Front (1914-1918)