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53765 Lieutenant Colonel Richard Michael Collette Thomas

Killed/died of wounds/other causes in Palestine (1943) or in the United Kingdom (early 1944) due to training or exercises.
Photograph of Hero Killed In Action


Born on: 01 Jan 1912
Died on: 05 Aug 1944
Died at:
Aged:
Buried at: St. Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux, France VIII.G.20.

Rest in Peace Lieutenant Colonel Thomas:
5th Bn Wiltshire Regiment (First CO 11th Bn Parachute Regt., A.A.C.).


Thanks to R.P. “Bob” Hilton; Diana Andrews; Allan Brown; Andrew Blacklock; Jon Baker; John Howes; Graham Francis; Bob Gerritsen; Darren Wielink; Maarten Lenssen; Judith Minkman; Philip Reinders; Hans den Brok; many 11th Battalion veterans; family, next of kin and friends; staff of the Airborne Museum Hartenstein Oosterbeek; Airborne Assault Museum Duxford; and Gerrit Pijpers OBE without whom this website would not have been possible.