NAM.1987-03-31-595

Office copy of war diary of the 3rd Bn Grenadier Guards, September 1915-December 1918, except June 1916. Relating to Gen Sir Augustus Francis Andrew Nicol Thorne. Covers service on the Western Front and the march into Germany in December 1918. The battalion's first engagement in World War One, was at Loos (September 1915), where they suffered over 200 casualties. They were in action again in September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme, and on the Yser Canal in July 1917. They were engaged at Arras, November-December 1917, where Thorne won a bar to his DSO. In January 1918 they suffered 104 casualties in a gas attack, and were in the front line during the German's spring offensive until June, and again suffered from gas. They were engaged in a big attack in August, and taken out of the line in October, moving to Cologne in December 1918. Relating to the 3rd Bn Grenadier Guards. Associated with Battle of Arras, the Battle of Loos, and the Battle of the Somme, World War One, Western Front (1914-1918) and World War One, Peace (1914-1918).

World War One, Peace (1918-1921)

Loos, Battle of, 1915 (World War One, Western Front 1914-1918), Somme, Battle of the, 1916 (World War One, Western Front 1914-1918), Arras, Battle of, 1917 (World War One, Western Front 1914-1918), Nivelle Offensive, 1917 (World War One, Western Front 1914-1918)