THOMAS, James Howard

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Rank: 
Captain
Unit / Base: 
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Artillery
Service: 
Army
Service Number: 
71046
Died : 
Wednesday, August 19, 1942
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
25
Cemetery/Memorial: 
Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, Hautot-Sur-Mer
Operations: 
Dieppe - Operation Jubilee
Local Roll of Honour: 
Dieppe Raid - Commando Fallen
Captain James Thomas, 1st Forward Observation Unit R.A. attached to No 3 Commando for this raid, was reported missing 19 August 1942 during operations at Dieppe, later confirmed killed in action. Son of Maj. William Howard Thomas and Frances Maude Thomas.
 
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/3 and WO417/4.
Grave Registration Report on the CWGC database.
 
Primary Roll of Honour: 
3 Commando Roll of Honour
Additional content: 
Dieppe - Operation Jubilee
Archive pages : 
No 3 Commando

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