Name
John Ralph Mytton Thornycroft
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
21/10/1914
30
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Captain
The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
3rd Bn., attached 1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Panel 11 - 13 and 14.
Belgium
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 27 Jul 1884 son of Rev J Mytton and Frances A H Thornycroft (later Mrs Morris) of New Place, Tiverton, Devon and Castletownshend, Cork. Educated at Haileybury College 1898-1902.
Wartime Service
Entered France on 20 Sep 1914 and was killed in action.
Additional Information
Brother of Captain Edward Gerald Mytton Thornycroft who was killed on 12 Sep 1914 and who is also commemorated on these memorials and of Captain Francis John Mytton Thornycroft MC who survived war.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox
