History while in the forces
1914: joined as PrivateQuick promotion to Sergeant Major
Served throughout Gallipoli operations
Served in Egypt
1916: returned to take Commission
Aug 1919: promoted to 1st Lieutenant. Now stationed at Salonika
- Surname
- Thornsby
- Forename
- Rowland
- Rating or rank
- 1st Lieutenant
- Regiment or Other Unit
- [Army Ordnance Corps], 7th Mounted Brigade
- Branch
- High Street, Sheffield
- Date of Birth
- 08 Jun 1887
- Date of birth
- 1887
- Date of Entering Bank's Service
- 01 Jan 1903
- Date of Joining HM Forces
- 02 Aug 1914
