Four: Lieutenant W. E. W. Thomas, Royal West Kent Regiment

British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut.); France, Croix de Guerre 1914-18; France, War Commemorative Medal, bar, Engagé Volontaire, extremely fine (4) £50-70

Croix de Guerre London Gazette 21.7.1919.

Lieutenant William Ernest Watson Thomas was appointed 2nd Lieutenant with the 8th Service Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment on 31.10.1917 and was promoted Temporary Lieutenant on 1.5.1919. Thomas, who was fluent in French, was awarded the Croix de Guerre for his work in the evacuation of some 150 civilians from the village of Haussy, E. of Cambrai on 15.10.1918.

Sold with copied extracts form The History of the Eighth Battalion The Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment 1914-1919 in which Thomas is mentioned several times.