In Memory Of

THOMAS, ALEXANDER MORGAN

Service Details
Age:
 26
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 2763790
Rank:
 Private
Unit:
 2nd Bn.
Regiment:
 Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Date of Death:
 1940-08-17
Cause of Death:
 Three Rhodesians in the intelligence section, cut off by the Italian advance, set out to rejoin their comrades through a storm of rifle and machine-gun fire. Private A. M. Thomas, not satisfied with the field of fire for his Bren gun, very gallantly left the cover of his weapon-pit and, exposing himself without fear, took heavy toll of the enemy before he was killed.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 1.
Cemetery:
 HARGEISA MEMORIAL
Country:
 Somalia
Additional Information
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches
Son of Morgan Charles and Emily Thomas; husband of Eileen Thomas, of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia. Commemoration stone in Bulawayo (Athlone) Cemetery