Service Details
Name:
 THOMAS
Given Name:
 OWEN RICHARD
Initials:
 O R
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 Welsh Horse Yeomanry
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Unit:
 Assistant Provost-Marshal 54th Div.
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Date of Death:
 1917-08-21
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Age:
 37
Cause of Death:
 Died on active service
Decorations:
 Royal Humane Society Medal
Additional
Information:
Son of Dr. John Lewis Thomas and Clara Thomas, of Southampton. Arriving from Banister Court in the season before the Saints moved to The Dell and won their third successive Southern League Shield, Owen Thomas would remain very much on the fringe of that action. Despite scoring from his full-back position, when making his United League debut at the end of his first season, and then playing in the Reserves’ half-back line in 1898-99, Owen never gained Southern League status. After leaving Southampton he went to work for the Transvaal Police in South Africa and was awarded a medal for bravery from Royal Humane Society after saving a fellow trooper. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
Commemoration
Country:
 Israel
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Cemetery:
 DEIR EL BELAH WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 A. 234.

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