Son of Charles Edward Thomas & Catherine Daley
b. ca 1887 ENG - d. 1916 FRANCE

World War I, 1914-1918
20th Battalion, Manchester Regiment
Rank: Private
Service number: 20/17241

France (1916)
THOMAS, Pte James, 17241. 20th Bn Manchester Regt. Killed in action, 1 July 1916. Aged 30. Son of Mr & Mrs C Thomas, of Ancoats, Manchester. III. I. 10.

585 soldiers from Greater Manchester died at the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916, of whom James was one.

Soldier's effects, to whom authorised: Miss Elizabeth MOLLOY.

Buried Danzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz, France, plot 3, row I, grave 10.

Source: Imperial War Graves Commission