Personal Profile

652. Dvr. Thomas, Thomas George

Driver

Date of Birth: c1895, St Marks, Swansea (SR)
Occupation: Grocer (SR)
Employer: Mr Versette
Enlisted - Date: 10/7/1912
Enlisted - Loc: Swansea
1908 Serv. No: 652
Other service: 18052, Pte, 14th Welsh
Demobilised: 1/12/1914
Date Died: 10/7/1916
How Died: Killed in Action (14th Welsh)
Awards: 14/15. BWM. VIC. (14th Welsh)

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Full name - Thomas George Thomas

Born c1895, St Marks, Swansea (SR). Parents - John & Sophia

1901 - 14 Pentre Estyll Rd, Swansea. 5yo. W parents & 3 sibs

1911 - NOT with his family at 64 Byron Cres

1916 - Killed in Action 10/7/1916, Mametz Wood. Remembered on the Thiepval Memorial

South Wales Daily Post, 10/7/1926  

Personal Info: Father - John Thomas
Address:
64 Byron Crescent Waunwen
Swansea (SR-F)

Military Service

1st Welsh Howitzers

SR

Enl 10/7/1912, Swansea. Dvr, No 652

Summer Camp 1912

Embodied 5/8/14

Disch 1/12/14 - Disobedience of Orders, Character Fair

Swansea Battalion, Welsh Reg

SR

Enl 18/12/1914, Swansea. Pte, No 18052, 14th Welsh.

FR 2/12/15

Missing, later Killed in Action, 10/7/1916. During the 14th Welsh attack on Mametz Wood, Somme, Bombing Section

- Remembered on the Thiepval Memorial

First Theatre (MIC): 2/12/15 (14th Welsh)
Discharged - Reason: Disobedience of Orders (Cambridge).
Sources: (SR)

Explanation Of Abbreviations

Awards

  • 14/15 – 1914/15 Star
  • BWM – British War Medal
  • VIC – Victory Medal
  • SWB – Silver War Badge
  • TFEM – Territorial Force (1908-1921)
  • TEM – Territorial Efficiency Medal (1921-1930)
  • TFWM – Territorial Force War Medal

Gallantry

  • MID – Mention In Dispatches
  • LG – London Gazette
  • MM – Military Medal
  • DCM – Distinguished Conduct Medal

Sources

  • ROLL – Medal Roll for British War Medal and Victory Medal (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • MIC – Medal Index Cards (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR – Service Record (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR-F – Service Record (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • SR-NA – Service Record (National Archives) – officers
  • COMM – Commission letters (National Library of Wales)
  • SWB – Silver War Badge Records (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • PENS – Pension Records (Western Front Association/Fold3)
  • CWGC – Commonwealth War Grave Commission
  • RAA – Royal Artillery Attestations 1883 -1942 (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • NEWS – Newspapers
  • CENS – Census Records (Ancestry.co.uk & FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • BFB – Briton Ferry Boys at the Front Fund Committee Records (swansea.gov.uk)
  • FAM – Family Records
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