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F/Lt. Godfrey Main Thomas
Royal Naval Air Service

Godfrey Main Thomas was born in Jamaica on 10th Sept. 1895, the youngest of five brothers to serve in WW1. He served as a Midshipman on the H.M.S. Colossus in the first Battle Squadron and was awarded the King's Medal & Dirk. His Squadron was transferred to the Royal Navy's Air Service until the formation of the R.A.F. in 1918. He went on to be a Flight Lieutenant, and died on 24th Aug. 1921 at 5pm aboard the Airship R-38 when it exploded over Hull UK and was awarded the D.F.C. along with 44 other airmen who died. His name is inscribed on the British Plaque- Roll of Honour in Hull Western Cemetery in Yorkshire.

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