Pte H.A. Thorne, D Company on the "Bumper" scheme, England, September / October, 1941. He was Captain Blackburn's batman. A batman is (in the British army) a soldier assigned to an officer as a servant or orderly. K52175 Pte H.A. Thorne, served in the Seaforths from 12 September 1939 to 29 July 1942. From the Album (Scrapbook) of Major W.David Blackburn consisting of captioned photos and clippings from newspapers and magazines. The items are from Canada, England and Italy. He served in the Regiment from 13 August, 1940 to 12 February 1944. He commanded "C" Company in Italy.