Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Bombardier A. F. Thomas, Royal Artillery, who drowned at Lens, France, on 13 October 1939

1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Army Council enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. M. Thomas, 3, Marldon Avenue, Paignton, Devon’, extremely fine (2) £60-80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Second World War Casualties.

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Arthur Francis Thomas served with the 30th Field Regiment Royal Artillery during the Second World War, as part of the 4th Infantry Division under the command of Major-General D. G. Johnson. The Division landed in France on 1 October 1939, and Thomas was accidentally drowned in Lens Canal on 13 October 1939, aged 23. He is buried in Lens Eastern Communal Cemetery, France. He is also commemorated on the memorial in Peter Tavy Churchyard, Devon.