In Memory Of

THOMAS, OWEN RICHARD

Service Details
Age:
 37
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Rank:
 Captain
Unit:
 Assistant Provost-Marshal 54th Div.
Regiment:
 Welsh Horse Yeomanry
Date of Death:
 1917-08-21
Cause of Death:
 Died on active service
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 A. 234.
Cemetery:
 DEIR EL BELAH WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Israel
Additional Information
Decorations:
 Royal Humane Society Medal
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