Service/branch British Army Died 30 December 1926 Rank Major-general | Commands held North Eastern District Award Order of the Bath Allegiance United Kingdom | |
Awards Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath | ||
Major-General Sir Reginald Thomas Thynne KCB (23 December 1843 – 30 December 1926) was a British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding North Eastern District. He was born at the rectory of Walton, Somerset, the son of Lord John Thynne and a grandson of Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath.
Military career
Thynne was commissioned as an ensign in the Grenadier Guards on 3 October 1862. After seeing action in the Anglo-Zulu War in 1879 and then in the Anglo-Egyptian War in 1882, he became commanding officer of 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards and then went on to be General Officer Commanding North Eastern District in 1894 before retiring in 1902.
He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath on 26 June 1902.
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