Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Grave: | Calais Southern Cemetery | N.3 | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Early Life :
Son of Frank and Kathleen Thomas; husband of Marjorie Mallinson Thomas, of Kensington, London. Age: 36.An Old Harrovian who in peacetime was a woolbroker in the City, the family business and a territorial volunteer with the London Rifle Brigade.
Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The Second World War 1939-1945, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 1st Battalion The Rifle Brigade |
1st Battalion August 1914 : at Colchester. Part of 11th Brigade in 4th Division. 23 August 1914 : landed at Le Havre. |
| Action : Siege of Calais (1940) |
Detail :
117303 Second Lieutenant George Ambler Thomas London Rifle Brigade was Killed in Action serving with the 1st Battalion in the defence of Calais on 26th May, 1940 and is buried in the Pas de Calais CWGC Cemetery.
The London Rifle Brigade formed part of the Allied forces at the Siege of Calais whose defence of that strategic site allowed the evacuation of so much of the BEF from Dunkirk, even when they knew that evacuation for themselves was impossible. They were responsible for holding up three Panzer divisions, providing invaluable time to fill gaps in the line, and together with the action at Arras, contributed materially to enabling the evacuation of 300,000 soldiers at Dunkirk.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Pellipar No. 2693 E.C. | London |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
- | - | - |
He was initiated into the Pellipar Lodge in 1930, becoming Worshipful Master in 1938. He also joined the Old Harrovian Lodge No 4653 and was exalted into the Mount Moriah Chapter No 34 in London.
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley