Name
Leslie Irvine Lumsden Thornton
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
09/09/1915
26
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lieutenant
Indian Army Reserve of Officers
Attached 16th Indian Cavalry
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Mentioned in Despatches
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
TEHRAN WAR CEMETERY
II. A. 14.
Iran
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 27 Mar 1889 in Singapore son of Swinford Leslie Thornton and Katharine Mary Matilda Gordon (Lumsden) Thornton of Grouville Court, Jersey. Educated at Haileybury College 1903-07 and Edinburgh University. Called to the Bar in Jun 1914 and joined a firm of solicitors in Penang.
Wartime Service
Joined the 16th Indian Cavalry on 25 Dec 1914 in Lucknow and proceeded to Basra on 3 Feb 1915. Moved to Bushire in July 1915 and was killed in a cavalry charge at Bushire.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
