| Rank | Private |
| Service # | 2448458 |
| Unit # | 31st Bn. |
| Resident | Ridgetown |
Regimental number: 2448458. Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 9612 – 27, Item: 262699, PDF:- B9612-SO27. Date of Birth: 02/08/1892 at Ridgetown, ON. Son of Elizabeth Thomas of 357 Windamere Rd., Windsor, ON. A single motor repairman living at his mother’s home. Attestation: 7/07/1917 at Windsor, ON. to 21st Regt. Found on Ridgetown Cenotaph.
Apparent Age: 24 yrs. 11 mths. Height: 5’ 5”, Girth: 36”, Complexion: Fair, Eyes: Brown Hair: Light Brown. Weight: 120#, Hearing; R & L – OK, Vision: 20/20 Both. Slight Flat feet. Medical 7/07/1917 at Windsor, ON. ‘Fit’. Central Training Depot 21st Regt.
Stationed to 21st Regt. 1917 July to August 1917 No.1 Special Services Co. 1st. Bn. 30 Sep. to Dec. 1917
Departed from Halifax Per, NS. 18/12/17, Disembarked England 31/12/17. Arrived at Bramshott, Eng. 7/01/18. Arrived in France – transferred to 31st Bn. – FIELD.
Pte. Precy Thomas was KIA:- 11/10/18
1st Bn. Inf. To France – Date of Service : 7/04/18
THOMAS Initials: P. Nationality: Canadian Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment) Unit Text: 31st Bn. Age: 26. KIA, Date of Death: 11/10/1918 Service No: 2448458
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: B. 28. Cemetery: IWUY COMMUNAL CEMETERY – Nord, France. .
Last address for mother:- Mrs. Elizabeth Thomas (same address): Memorial Cross – 23/09/20; Memorial Scroll 3/05/21 and Memorial Plaque 9/06/22 all to mother. All of his worth was to his mother April 1918.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
| Sources | Erie Street United Church - Ridgetown Roll of Honour, RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 9612 – 27, LAC, CVWM |
| Supplemental Information | Age: 26. KIA, Date of Death: 11/10/1918 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: B. 28. Cemetery: IWUY COMMUNAL CEMETERY. |
| Height | 5' 5" |
| Weight | 120 lbs. lbs |
| Eye Colour | Brown |
| Age | 24 yrs 11 mths. |
| Complexion | Fair |
| Hair | Light Brown |
| Birthplace | 02/08/1898 at Ridgetown, ON. |
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