Lieutenant-Colonel E I de S Thorpe DSO {X550/1/82]
Friday 28th
December 1917
2nd Battalion
is at Forrestor Camp near Ypres. Today a new commander joined them. He rejoices
in the name of Edward Ivass de Sausmarez Thorpe, is a lieutenant-colonel, has
the Distinguished Service Order and joins from 1st/6th Battalion, Lancashire
Fusiliers, part of 42nd (East Lancashire) Division. He was originally
commissioned in 1892, in the Bedfordshire Regiment.
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