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Captain EDWARD GERALD MYTTON THORNYCROFT

Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

Date of Death

Died 12 September 1914

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KISII BOMA MILITARY GRAVE

Kenya

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 4th Bn. King's African Rifles
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frances A. H. Morris (formerly Thornycroft), of New Place, Tiverton, Devon, and the late Rev. J. Mytton Thornycroft.
  • Personal Inscription IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY KILLED WHILE GALLANTLY LEADING HIS TROOPS IN A SUCCESSFUL ACTION
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