NAM.1987-03-31-677

One of a collection of 100 papers including correspondence, press cuttings, orders, bills and other papers relating to Gen Sir Augustus Francis Andrew Nicol Thorne's service on the Western Front and the life of his family at home during 1917. Comprising: correspondence relating to the gift of a hut for the YMCA in France, February 1917-April 1918; letters and postcards to his wife and daughter Diana; examples of juvenile literature produced by his wife for the entertainment of their children; order issued while temporarily in command of 2nd Guards Bde, April; 'The Daily Dump', No 74, Vol 2, 16 May 1917 reporting on the review of the 2nd Guards Bde by Leopold III, the King of the Belgians; programme for 3rd Grenadier Guards sports at Ville, May 1917; papers relating to his hospitalisation with slight thrombosis, June-July 1917; folder of maps and papers marked 'Actions of 31 July [and] 9 Oct 1917' containing maps, and a report to GOC Guards Division from GOC 2nd Guards Bde on the action on 31 Jul 1917; programme for 'Grand Pageant form the Wild West and other attractions' put on by 3rd Bn Grenadier Guards and 1st Bn Coldstream Guards, Aug 1917; timetable of operations by 3rd Bn Grenadier Guards, 8-10 Oct 1917; and accounts of action by Nos 1 and 2 Companys, 3rd Bn Grenadier Guards, 27 Nov 1917. Relating to the 1st Bn Coldstream Guards, the 3rd Bn Grenadier Guards, the 2nd Guards Bde, and the YMCA. Associated with World War One, Western Front (1914-1918).

World War One, Western Front (1914-1918)