David Thorne (British Army officer)
Sir David Thorne | |
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| Born | 13 December 1933 Commander of the Royal Victorian Order |
Early life
Educated at
Military career
Thorne was given command of the 1st Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment in 1972.[1] He was appointed commander of the 3rd Infantry Brigade in Northern Ireland during Operation Banner in 1977, in which capacity in 1979 he was the first officer to brief Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on the Warrenpoint ambush.[4] He was appointed to the post of the British Army's Vice Quartermaster-General in 1981. in 1982 he was appointed as the Commander of British Forces in the Falkland Islands, shortly after their re-capture by the British Armed Forces from an Argentinian invasion in the Falklands War.[1] In that role he gave support to the idea of then-Captain Geoffrey Cardozo to locate, retrieve, and respectfully bury every dead Argentine soldier left after the war ended.[5]
Thorne went on to be
In retirement Thorne became Director General of the Royal Commonwealth Society.[4] He died from the effects of a cancer on 23 April 2000 at Framlingham, in the county of Suffolk, in his 67th year.[4]
Personal life
In 1962 Thorne married Suzan Anne Goldsmith; they had one son and two daughters.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Debrett's People of Today 1994
- ^ Cricinfo
- ^ Cricket Archive
- ^ a b c "Obituary: Major-General Sir David Thorne". The Guardian. 25 April 2000.
- ^ "The ghosts of our Falklands foes who found peace… at last". Straight News. 27 February 2021. Archived from the original on 12 March 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/74068. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)