Charles Thomas

Charles enlisted in Nottingham and served with the 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.