Hugh Thomas
Date of Birth: 1894
Place Of Birth: Bangor, Gwynedd
Date of Death: 2/8/1917
Location died: Greece
Gender: Male
Where buried: Doiran Military Cemetery
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Date of birth - 1894
Where? - Bangor, Gwynedd
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Date Enlisted - N/A
Where? - N/A
Age - N/A
As - Unknown
Battles
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Date of the battle - 28/7/1914
Where? - First World War
Ranks
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Rank Date - N/A
Rank - As Private
Service - British Army
As - South Wales Borderers
Service number - 33637
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Date of Death - 2/8/1917
Where? - Greece
Family
- Father - Mr Thomas
- Mother - Mrs Thomas
Address
- 294 Carvon Road, Glanadda, Bangor
Additional Information
The 8th Battalion formed at Brecon as part of the Third New Army on the 19th of September 1914 and then moved to Seaford, before joining the 67th Brigade of the 22nd Division and moving to Hastings. In April 1915, the battalion moved to Seaford and Aldershot before being mobilised for war in September and being sent to France. Then in November the battalion embarked for Salonika from Marseilles, where the battalion engaged in various attacks against the Bulgarian army including the Battle of Horseshoe Hill and the Battle of Machukovo. In 1917, the battalion fought at the Battle of Doiran which went on from April till May. Hugh Thomas died a few months after the Battle of Doiran and he was killed in action.
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