Other Information:Thomas was educated at Lower School of John Lyon, Harrow-on-the-Hill, then became a member of the staff of the Royal Mail Stream Packet Company. He joined the R.A.M.C. T.F. on 4th September 1914 and was embodied into the 3rd London Divisional Field Ambulance the same day. He embarked at Southampton on 16th January 1915, then disembarking the next day at Havre, he entered the war in France on 17th January 1915. Thomas died from wounds received in action in the Battle of Loos. His section officer wrote: "He was one of those upon whom one could always rely to undertake any duty at any time and do it well and cheerfully, and with good will. He was one of those competent men in whom his officers always had confidence, and they were never disappointed. He died gallantly in this battle, being hit by a shell in the trenches at the very outset, and died the same night in the Field Hospital. Two other members of his stretcher squad were killed at his side. (120 Pte George Kraninger and 345 Pte Kenneth Charles Goodyear were with the same unit and were killed that day) He fell doing his duty and after having done it well for many months." A friend wrote: "He was a fine fellow in every sense of the word, always ready to do anything, and there is not a man in the Corps that was not cut up about it." Thomas was the only son of Juan Joaquin Lion and Anna Lion (Daughter of Henry Boehmer) of 27 Broadhurst Gardens, Hampstead, London.
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