Bath MP, Don Foster, has attended a Remembrance Service for the twenty-two Members of Parliament that were killed during the First World War, including Bath’s Lord Alexander Thynne.
Lord Thynne was elected to the House of Commons in 1910, four years before the outbreak of the First World War.
Whilst in service, Lord Thynne was commissioned to the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry, and was later temporary Lieutenant-Colonel in the Service Battalion of the Wiltshire Regiment and served in the Second Boer War and in the Somaliland campaign of 1903 and 1904.
Commenting, Don Foster, said: “It is always important to remember the sacrifices of those who fought for our country.
“I am proud to follow in the footsteps of Lord Thynne, who fought so bravely for our country before he was tragically killed in action so close to the end of the War.”
During the First World War, Lord Thynne was twice wounded in the Battle of Somme and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and the Croix de Guerre, which was given to foreign allies for heroic deeds.
The Remembrance Service, on the 100th anniversary of the Great War, was held in the Chapel off Westminster Hall in London.
