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THOMAS George Stanley
Private 302332, A Company, 2/8 Manchester Regiment
Killed in Action aged 39 on 10th October 1917, Belgium
Remembered on the TYNE COT, MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING, Passchendaele. Panel 120 to 124
George was born in early 1878, at Oystermouth and was the youngest of nine children, born to David & Harriet THOMAS, of 4, Victoria Avenue, Mumbles
Geoge married Mary Jane POWNELL on 22 May 1901 in Oldham and had two children Rose and George
Tyne Cot Memorial and Cemetery
Unlike his father, who was a mariner, George was employed by Mr. Bart Beer, Builder, as a bricklayer This work took him away from home and by 1901 he was living at St Georges , Hanover Square, London
After this, he moved to Manchester, where he married a Lancashire girl, Mary Jane POWNELL on 22 May 1901 in Oldham. Mary was the daughter of John Pownell, a Cab Driver
He was still in Manchester in 1911 and had two children Rose and George, when his father died in Mumbles, in late 1911
This was the reason for his enlistment into a Manchester Regiment.
Researcher: Alun Bevan
Marriage Certificate
George Stanley THOMAS to Mary Jane POWNELL, 22 May 1901
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