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
- 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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