Regimental Number: 7816
Rank: Private
Branch: 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment
Thomas was born in Leicester, England on June 7, 1884. During World War I, he served in England’s Leicestershire Regiment (1st Battalion), arriving in France in November of 1914. He had previously worked as a house painter. On March 5, 1915, Thomas married Edith Alice Munday “within British lines” in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France. Thomas filed on the northern half of 24-73-10-W6 in 1918. He died in Toronto on August 31, 1965.