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Pte. Robert Dixon Hardy Thomas
British Army 8th Battallion Somerset Light Infantry
(d.5th Sep 1915)
Robert Thomas died aged 26, whilst serving with the 8th Battallion Somerset Light Infantry, he had formerly served with the Northumberland Fusiliers, enlisting in Cramlington, he first served in France on the 8th of September 1915. Born in Jarrow in 1889 he was the son of Emma Bennett (formerly Thomas nee Hardy) of Jarrow and the late Samuel Thomas. In the 1911 Census he is recorded as Robert Thomas, age 22, a Seagoing Fireman, living with his Stepfather William Bennett & his Mother Emma Bennet, along with his Thomas siblings & his step siblings at 18, Nansen Street, Jarrow. He was the husband of Ruth Thomas (nee Robinson)
Robert is remembered on the Loos Memorial and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow.
