Maj. Robert Jocelyn Henry (Bob) THOMAS M.V.O. 2
- Born: 7 Oct 1905, Talawakelle, Ceylon
- Christened: St Paul’s Church Kandy Ceylon Sri Lanka
- Marriage (1): Mary Vavasour (Molly) LLOYD DRIVER MBE on 2 Nov 1938 in Surrey, England 1
- Died: 18 Apr 1941, at sea, Tobruk, Libya aged 35
- Buried: Unknown
General Notes:
Census 1911: age 5, born Talawakelle Ceylon, in Belgaum India, Overseas Military (with his father)
Major, M.V.O (Member Victorian Order)
Wellington College 1922
Royal Horse Artillery, 4 th rgt.
Service n.º: 33373
Killed in action in Tobruk
Brookwood Memorial, Surrey, England:
Name: THOMAS, ROBERT JOCELYN HENRY Initials: R J H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Major
Regiment/Service: Royal Horse Artillery Unit Text: 4 Regt.
Date of Death: 18/04/1941
Service No: 33373
Awards: M V O
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 1. Column 2.
Memorial in Cheltenham:
Dorothy T**** Hope, w/o
Brig Gen H.M. THOMAS,
Late Royal Artillery, and d/o
Lt Col E.A. RAWSON of Carlow, Ireland
6 April 1880 - 23 March 1926
Major H. THOMAS, (Bob) M.V.O., R.H.A
Killed in Action, April 1941, 35
Cheltenham Cemetary, Grave B1/2241
Inscription on the side of Dorothy's grave, which read something like this:
"In loving memory of major Robert Thomas, RHA, killed in action at Tobruck in 1941.
Douglas and Patricia
Forever England".
(The last line comes from Rupert Brook's poem, the Soldier: "If I should die think only this of me, that there's some corner of a foreign field that is forever England").
Robert married Mary Vavasour (Molly) LLOYD DRIVER MBE, daughter of Dr. Henry LLOYD DRIVER and Amy Vavasour BERRIDGE, on 2 Nov 1938 in Surrey, England.1 (Mary Vavasour (Molly) LLOYD DRIVER MBE was born between Jul and Aug 1909 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England 3.)
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