Mathew Henry THOMAS
(1837-1915)
Marianne Theresa SKINNER
(1839-1901)
Surgn. Lt. Col. Edward Albert RAWSON M.D.
(1843-1929)
Agnes Cuthbert JOHNSTONE
(1851-1932)
Brig. Henry Melville THOMAS C.M.G., D.S.O., R.A.
(1870-1940)
Dorothy Violet Hope RAWSON
(1880-1926)

Maj. Robert Jocelyn Henry (Bob) THOMAS M.V.O.
(1905-1941)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Mary Vavasour (Molly) LLOYD DRIVER MBE

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, 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.)


Sources


1 <i>The Times</i>.

2 War Grave Commission, http://www.cwgc.org/cwgcinternet/search.aspx, Brookwood memorial panel1, Column 2.

3 <i>"1837-1915 England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index," database</i>, Portsmouth (1900 Onw) Vol. 2b Page 446.

J. Ferran 15/01/2021


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