The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private G L Thomas

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Private George Lionel THOMAS, G/31604, 7th Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 36485, Border Regiment), died of wounds, Flanders France, 29th September 1918, age 18.

Born Lampeter Velfrey, Pembrokeshire, son of William and Ellen Thomas, of 1, Railway Terrace, Narberth, Pembrokeshire.

1911 Wales Census - 1 Railway Terrace, Narbeth Station, Narberth, Pembrokeshire - William Thomas, head, age 42, married, labourer, Railway, worker, born Lampeter Velfrey, Pembrokeshire, speaks English & Welsh; Ellen Thomas, wife, age 36, married 11 years, 5 children, 4 still alive, born Lampeter Velfrey, Pembrokeshire, speaks English & Welsh; George Lionel Thomas, son, age 11, school, born Lampeter Velfrey, Pembrokeshire, speaks English & Welsh; Frank Aneuryn? Thomas, son, age 8, born Lampeter Velfrey, Pembrokeshire, speaks English & Welsh; Gwyneth Mary Thomas, daughter, age 6, born Lampeter Velfrey, Pembrokeshire, speaks English & Welsh; Francis Eva Thomas, daughter, age 3, born Lampeter Velfrey, Pembrokeshire, speaks English & Welsh; Mary Thomas, mother, age 76, widow, married 49 years, 6 children, 5 still alive, boarder, Old Age Pensioner, born Llanddewi? Velfrey, Pembrokeshire, speaks English & Welsh.

Enlisted Carmarthen, Wales.

Buried at Doingt Communal Cemetery Extension, I. E. 20., Somme, France.

NOTE: Soldiers Died in the Great War gives date of death as 29th September 1918; CWGC web site gives it as 20th September 1918.