The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General Augustus Francis Andrew Nicol Thorne

Thorne, Augustus Francis Andrew Nicol

General

* 20th of September 1885

† 25th of September 1970

(Grenadier Guards)

Nickname: Bulgy

Promotions

1923-05-01 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1923-12-29 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1925-04-15 Reverted to Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1927-09-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1938-10-26 Major-General (Dated back to 1937-12-23)
1940-06-08 Acting Lieutenant-General
1941-05-07 Lieutenant-General
1945-01-02 General

Service

1923-05-01 1925-04-15 Instructor at Staff College Camberley
1925-04-15 1926-02-18 General Staff Officer 1, War Office
1927-09-01 1931-09-01 Commanding Officer 3rd Battalion, Grenadiers Guards
1931-09-01 1932-04-10 Half-pay
1932-04-10 1935-05-12 Military Attaché to Germany
1935-05-13 1938-10-26 Commanding Officer 1st Infantry Brigade
1936-08-09 1938-10-25 Aide-de-Camp to the King
1938-10-26 1939-10-17 District Officer Commanding London District
1938-10-26 1939-10-17 General Officer Commanding Brigades of Guards
1939-10-18 1940-06-07 General Officer Commanding 48th Infantry Division [France]
1940-06-08 1941-05-07 General Officer Commanding XII Corps
1941-05-08 1945-05-11 General Officer Commanding in Chief Scottish Command
1941-05-09 1945-06-15 Governor of Edinburgh Castle
1945-05-16 1945-08-31 General Officer Commanding Allied Land Forces in Norway
1946-04-08 Retired
1950-11-14 Recalled
1950-11-14 1951-11-18 Head of the British Military Mission to Norway
1951-11-18 Retired
Picture source: NPG x185669, National Portrait Gallery, London