General Sir Augustus Francis Andrew Nicol Thorne, KCB, CMG, DSO

General Sir Augustus Francis Andrew Nicol Thorne

• Born on 20 September 1885.
• Son of Augustus Thorne and Mary Frances Nicol.
• Married Hon. Margaret Douglas-Pennant, daughter of Colonel Hon. George Sholto Gordon Douglas-Pennant, 2nd Baron Penrhyn of Llandegai and Gertrude Jessy Glynne, on 29 July 1909 at Guards Chapel, Wellington Barracks, Westminster, London, England.
• Died on 25 September 1970 at age 85.

General Sir Augustus Francis Andrew Nicol Thorne usually went by his middle name of Andrew.

• He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.)
• Invested as a Companion, Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.) and as a Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.)
• Gained the rank of General in the service of the Grenadier Guards.
• Decorated with the award of the Companion, Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) (and two bars).
• Invested as a Knight Commander, Order of the Bath (K.C.B.)
• He lived at Knowl Hill House, Reading, Berkshire, England.

Children of General Sir Augustus Francis Andrew Nicol Thorne and Hon. Margaret Douglas-Pennant

• Mary Diana Thorne b. 1 Jun 1910, d. 14 Jul 1982
• Major George Thorne b. 1 Jul 1912
• Captain Andrew Thorne b. 1 Jul 1912, d. 8 Sep 1991
• Lt.-Col. Sir Peter Francis Thorne b. 6 Aug 1914, d. 16 Mar 2004
• Margaret Helen Thorne b. 17 Jan 1917, d. 1986
• Pansy Constance Thorne b. 16 Dec 1921, d. 9 Aug 1996
  

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• First name(s) Augustus Francis Andrew Nicol
• Last name Thorne
• Service number -
• Rank Captain, Major
• Corps Grenadier Guards
• Service record Rank: Captain, Corps: Grenadier Guards
• Service record 2 Rank: Major, Corps: Grenadier Guards
• Archive reference WO372/20
• Archive reference description Campaign Medal Index Cards and Silver War Badge Cards
• Country Great Britain
• Image link http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D5557353
• Record set World War One British Army medal index cards
• Category Armed forces & conflict
• Subcategory First World War

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