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Pte. James Thomas
British Army 11th Btn. Welch Regiment
from:2 Alban Terrace, Abercregan, South Wales
At 17 years of age James Thomas went to fight in the 1914-18 war. He was sent to Verona in Italy and thought it was so beautiful that he named his 2nd daughter Beryl Verona. He was also in Salonika, Greece and Bulgaria (I have a Bulgarian Leva note from that time which he brought back amongst his papers) during his service. His Medical Army card states that he was returned home due to deafness probably due to bomb blasts.
I have a letter dated 11th of August 1918 from his father Phillip Thomas, sent to James while he was on active duty asking if he was all right and telling him all the news from Wales. James had wavy auburn hair. According to my mother he had two different coloured eyes.
When my mother gave birth to me, she travelled to see her father to show her first baby to him. He was very ill at the time and died two days later. His date of death in 1954 is recorded in our family Bible He is buried in Cymmer Cemetery along with his wife Gwyneth.
