BORN WEST DERBY, LANCASHIRE OCT 1898. SON OF THE REVERAND, LLEWELLAN W & HELEN P THOMAS, OF NEWLAND VICARAGE, NEWLAND PARK AVENUE, HULL. EDUCATED AT ST JOHNS SCHOOL, LEATHERHEAD, SURREY. JOINED THE CADET SCHOOL, AT TRINITY COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE, IN APRIL 1917.
HE RECEIVED HIS COMMISSION, IN THE 2ND WEST RIDING REGIMENT, IN AUGUST 1917 AND WENT TO FRANCE IN OCTOBER 1917.
HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 08/12/1917, AGED 19. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL, FRANCE.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 14/12/1917. *
HIS BROTHER, LIUTENANT, GREVILLE WYNN THOMAS, 4TH GURKHA RIFLES WAS KILLED IN PALESTINE IN 1918.
BOTH BROTHERS ARE COMMEMORATED ON THE WW1 MEMORIAL AT ST JOHNS CHURCH, NEWLAND, CLOUGH ROAD, HULL.
First name:
ERIC HAND
Military Number:
52280
Rank:
2nd Lieutenant
Date Died
08/12/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
19
