Walter de Burgh Thomas

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Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. (retired) Walter de Burgh Thomas (30 June, 1883 – ) was an officer in the Royal Naval Reserve. His last name may have been "de Burgh Thomas".

Life & Career

Thomas was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant R.N.R. on 15 December 1914.[1]

Found guilty of poor judgment in collision on 28 September 1917 between Surly and S.S. Vera.[2]

Thomas was appointed in command of the patrol boat P41 on 9 January, 1918.[3]

Thomas was placed on the Retired List owing to non-sea service on 30 September, 1922 and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. on 15 December, 1922.

An Enticing Mystery

A note pinned to his Service Record indicates that some time during 1933 at 3:30 (am or pm is not indicated), de Burgh Thomas called on the Admiral Commanding Reserves "about something which may be of National importance."[4]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Edward N. Mortimer
Captain of H.M.S. Surly
19 Jan, 1916[5][6] – 19 Jan, 1918[7]
Succeeded by
George S. Loraine
Preceded by
John Wilson
Captain of H.M.S. P41
9 Jan, 1918[8][9] – 2 Jul, 1919[10]
Succeeded by
James Figgins

Footnotes

  1. Thomas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/64. f. 64.
  2. Thomas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/64. f. 64.
  3. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 859.
  4. Thomas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/64. f. 64.
  5. Thomas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/64. f. 64.
  6. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398c.
  7. Thomas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/64. f. 64.
  8. Thomas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/64. f. 64.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1919). p. 858.
  10. Thomas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/64. f. 64.