Charles Thomas
In 1911 he was a cigarette operative.
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Charles Thomas was born in 1897 at Everton, Lancashire he was the son of John a tobacco cutter and Mary Ann Louisa Thomas née Morrison and the brother of John Edward, Leonora, Louisa and Simeon Thomas. Charles'parents later lived at 127 Birkin Avenue Nottingham.
His father John Thomas was born in 1866 at Liverpool, he died in 1921 aged 50 yrs at Nottingham, his mother Mary Ann Louisa Morrison was born in 1868 at Livrpool, she died in 19142 at Nottingham she was aged 74 yrs they were married on 29th May 1887 at St Peters Church, Everton. they had 5 children.
In 1911 the family was living at 24 Patterson Road, Nottingham John Thomas 45 yrs is a tobacco cutter he is living with his wife Mary Ann Louise 42 yrs and their children, John Edward 22 yrs a pork buthcer, Leonora 21 yrs a card board box maker, Louisa 19 yrs a lace warehouse pattern girl, Charles Thomas 14 yrs a cigarette operator in a tobacco factory and Simeon 11 yrs a scholar.
Charles enlisted in Nottingham and served with the 1/1st battalion South Notts. Hussars.
He died of wounds on 8 November 1917; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Jerusalem Memorial, Israel & Palestine including Gaza (Panel 3).
CWGC history of the Jerusalem Memorial (extract): 'The Jerusalem War Cemetery was begun after the occupation of the city, with 270 burials. It was later enlarged to take graves from the battlefields and smaller cemeteries in the neighbourhood ... Within the cemetery stands the Jerusalem Memorial, commemorating 3,300 Commonwealth servicemen who died during the First World War in operations in Egypt or Palestine and who have no known grave.' (www.cwgc.org)
CWGC Additional information: Son of John and Mary Thomas, of 127, Birkin Avenue, Nottingham.
Nottingham General Cemetery: 'In loving memory of John the beloved husband of Mary Ann Thomas, who died Decr. 6th 1921 aged 50 years. R.I.P. To the memory of our dear mother Mary Ann Thomas who died Sepr. 28th 1942, aged 74 years. 'Rest in Peace'. Also Charles Thomas S.N.H. their beloved son who died of wounds in Palestine Nov. 8th 1917. Aged 21 years.' Note: a cross which surmounted the memorial lies broken within the boundary of the grave.
Nottingham Evening Post, 'In Memoriam', 8 November 1918: 'Thomas. In loving memory of Pte. Chas. Thomas, Yeomanry, died of wounds November 8th, 1917. We think we see his smiling face as he bade his last good-bye, and left his home for ever in a distant land to die. We think of him in silence, and his name we often call, but there's nothing left to answer but his photo on the wall. From his ever-loving father, mother, sisters, and brothers Jack and Sim in France.'
Courtesy Jim Grundy facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918.
Photo of Charles Thomas
Jerusalem Memorial (www.cwgc.org)
Charles Thomas
Nottingham General Cemetery, family grave/headstone. Photograph Rachel Farrand (22 April 2026)
Photo of Charles Thomas
Nottingham General Cemetery, family grave/headstone. Photograph Rachel Farrand (22 April 2026)