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2nd Lt. Cecil Thomas


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If anyone can supply further information about Cecil Thomas it would be appreciated.  From the attached documents and what I have been told he had quite a war, in the SY as a Terrier before the war, he went out to Egypt where he suffered a broken back in 1917.... was medically discharged, then re-enlisted with the RFC and crash-landed near Deraa (Daraa) in Syria, taken prisoner, escaped and finished the war in one piece!

 

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This is likely to be his full service file as an Army officer:

http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C1055060

but needs to be seen at Kew.

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I think Cecil was Cecil George Henry Thomas...looking at the initials on the statement.

 

Casualty  Card.

 

http://www.rafmuseumstoryvault.org.uk/pages/raf_vault.php?&RAF-titel=Thomas&RAF-initials=C.g.h&van=1

 

If so his RAF file is on FMP....extract below.

 

Andy

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Holeymoley

 

Thanks, my error in not reading the typescript !

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  • 5 years later...

The pilot with Cecil when shot down in September 1918 was Thomas Louis Gitsham. In 1940, Tom narrated to a journo their capture and forced march. He went onto Damascus and escaped from there. 

Did you manage to scan Cecil's log book?

Peter

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