Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family group:

Pair: Private H. C. Thombs, Gloucestershire Regiment

1914-15 Star (20502 Pte., Glouc. R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (20502 Pte., Glouc. R.)

British War Medal 1914-20 (17699 Pte. H. Thombs, Glouc. R.) extremely fine (3) £50-70

Henry Charles Thombs was born in Ebrington, Gloucestershire and enlisted at Cheltenham. Serving with the 1st Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, he died of wounds, France/Flanders, on 21 August 1916, aged 24 years. The son of Charles and Ellen Thombs of Wood Stanway, Winchcombe, Gloucestershre; he was buried in the Millencourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.

Hubert Thombs was born in Stanway, Gloucestershire and enlised at Cheltenham. Serving with the 8th (Service) Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, he was killed in action, France/Flanders, on 4 October 1917. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaaanderen, Belgium