210841 Capt. Herbert Prichard Thomas British Indian Army 126th Baluchistan Infantry Regiment from:Jamaica B.W.I. My step-uncle, Captain Herbert Prichard Thomas, the 4th son of Jamaican Police Inspector Herbert Theodore Thomas, my grandfather, was born in Jamaica B.W.I. on 22nd Dec,1892. In 1911 he went to the UK at age 18 and entered the Royal Military Collage Sandhurst, Surrey. He received a King's Commission on Aug 24th 1912. He waited and was accepted for the Indian Army in 1914, as an Officer & a Gentleman in the 126th Baluchistan Infantry. He did survive WW1 as a Captain, and was able to return from India for his mother's funeral in the UK. He went on to enlist in WW2 and sent to Singapore, he was able to escape through Malaysia and India. He was later awarded an OBE & five medals for his service, and died in Scotland in 1969. This son of H.T.Thomas was the only son of his five sons to survive both wars from his first marriage. The funny thing is that his second marriage to my grandmother only produced four girls, one which was my mother. My thanks again to Military Genealogist Alan Greveson in the UK, for his work on my family.
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