NAM.1987-03-31-457

One of a collection of 26 manuscript, typescript and printed papers, 1914-1981. Associated with Gen Sir Augustus Francis Andrew Nicol Thorne. Consisting of press cuttings and correspondence of 1914-1981, relating to the Battle of Gheluvelt, 31 Oct 1914, and its significance, including the order for the memorial service for Gen Charles FitzClarence VC, November 1914, who commanded the troops in the battle, and a typescript transcript of his diary, 18 Sep-10 Nov 1914. With two copies of Blackwood's Magazine, No mccxxii, August 1917, containing an article by 'X' [Gen Sir Augustus Francis Andrew Nicol Thorne], 'Gheluvelt, 1914: The Man who Turned the Tide'; a copy of 'The Household Brigade Magazine', Summer 1932, containing an article by Thorne on 'Gheluvelt Cross Roads, October 29th, 1914'; and a copy of the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Gheluvelt Number of 'Firm', the magazine of the Worcestershire Regiment (Vol 32, No 1, January 1965); material on the battle collected by Thorne for his 1932 article and other purposes, comprising a notebook giving daily information on the 'part 1st Gds Bde', 14 Oct-17 Nov 1914; folder containing drafts of his 1932 article, notes from the regimental history of the Worcestershire Regiment, and sketch maps and papers relating to the 1st Division Battlefield Tour of Gheluvelt, 1938; folder of German accounts of the engagement with correspondence and two press accounts, 1930-1937, mostly of 1932, including transcripts of regimental reports obtained from the Reichsarchiv Potsdam by J H M Marshall-Cornwall on Thorne's behalf; further folder of notes and drafts, including sketch maps, notes and papers for 3rd Grenadier Guards Battlefield Tour, May 1927, and recollections of those who were present at the battle. Associated with Gen Sir Augustus Francis Andrew Nicol Thorne, J H M Marshall-Cornwall and Gen Charles FitzClarence. Relating to the 1st Guards Bde, the 3rd Grenadier Guards, the 2nd Bn Worcestershire Regiment and the German Army. Associated with the 1st Battle of Ypres and the Battle of Gheluvelt, World War One, Western Front (1914-1918).

Ypres, 1st Battle of, 1914 (World War One, Western Front 1914-1918), Gheluvelt, Battle of, 1914 (World War One, Western Front 1914-1918)