NAM.1987-03-31-918

One of a collection of 88 papers relating to Gen Sir Augustus Francis Andrew Nicol Thorne's military career and family life at the end of and immediately after World War One (1914-1918), 13 Feb 1918-12 Jun 1919. Including: household bills for 1918 and press cuttings reporting his promotions, decorations and appointments. Military correspondence begins in January 1919, with letters from officers and men of the Grenadier Guards describing their war service; issue No 3 of 'Sircle Snips' (the magazine of the 184th Brigade), 15 Jan 1919; letter enquiring if Thorne (and two others), should be Commandant of the School of Instruction in Chelsea, February 1919; order for memorial service at St Michael's Heckfield, March 1919; letters to his mother; programme for the Triumphal March of the Household Cavalry and Guards Division through London, March 1919; letters on leaving the 184th Brigade, March-April 1919; bills arising from the family's occupation of Polworth, Edensor Road, Eastbourne, April-November 1919; telegram of 6 May 1919, enquiring if Thorne would like the GSO1 post at Washington, with other papers relating to the appointment; two letters from The Rt Hon Sir Frederick Ponsonby, relating to his World War One history of the Grenadier Guards, May 1919; and dinner menus. Relating to the Household Cavalry, the Brigade of Guards, 184th Brigade, the School of Instruction, Chelsea, and the Grenadier Guards. Associated with World War One, Western Front (1914-1918).

World War One, Western Front (1914-1918)