Gordon
David
Thomas
was the
son
of
Hubert
David
Thomas
and
Ada
Turnor.
Gordon was born
on Monday 7 March 1921
in 15, Edgbaston Road, Smethwick, Birmingham.
His detailed family history can be found here:
Gordon David Thomas (1921-1985)
Gordon married
Mary
Lavender
Greenhough
on Monday 3 September 1945
in St John's Church, Harborne, Birmingham.
The witnesses at the marriage were G.T.Chamberlain (Best Man), H.D.Thomas (Gordon's father) and A.B.Greenhough (Mary's mother).
He
had the following children from
his
marriage to
Mary Lavender
Greenhough:
-
Peter
David
Brandon
Thomas
|
born
in 1947 (date suppressed)
in Quinton, Birmingham.
|
-
Roger
Nicholas
Hedley
Thomas
|
born
in 1950 (date suppressed)
in a nursing home at 116 Harborne Road, Quinton, Birmingham at 3.30 p.m., weighing in at 9 lbs., and then returned to his parents home at 491 Hagley Road West, Quinton, Birmingham.
|
-
Michael
Gordon
Howard
Thomas
|
born
in 1958 (date suppressed)
in a nursing home at 66 South Road, Smethwick, Birmingham.
|
The places where he lived have been identified as:
| From |
To |
Place |
Source of Information |
| 1921 |
|
15, Edgbaston Road, Smethwick, Birmingham. |
Note 1. |
| 1945 |
1947 |
101, Knightlow Road, Harborne, Birmingham B17 8PX. |
Note 2. |
| 1947 |
1957 |
491, Hagley Road West, Quinton, Birmingham B32. |
|
| 1957 |
1983 |
34, Oakham Road, Harborne, Birmingham B17 9DG. |
|
| 1983 |
1985 |
51, Chancellors Close, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 3UL. |
Note 3. |
Gordon
was
a
Metallurgist and later Commercial Manager.
On the 1939 Census, he was an Analytical Chemist Non Ferrous Aluminium.
Gordon died
when
he
was
64
years old,
on Sunday 9 June 1985
in Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham.
The cause of his death was Right Middle Cerebral Arterial Thrombosis.
Mary Lavender Thomas (his wife) was the informant of his death.
He was buried
on Monday 17 June 1985
in Lodge Hill Crematorium, Selly Oak, Birmingham.
He attended Portland Road Preparatory School (Miss Eatons), situated on the corner of Portland Road and
York Road, Edgbaston). He then went to Edgbaston Collegiate School.
From September 1932 to July 1938, he went to school at King Edwards School (KES) for Boys in Edgbaston
Park Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15.
After marrying in 1945, Gordon had to go back to the war in India.
He was a Navigator in the R.A.F. and reached the rank of Flight Lieutenant. The aeroplanes that he flew in were the Bristol Beaufighter and the de Havilland Mosquito.
Notes - Sources of information:
| 1. |
Birth Certificate.
|
| 2. |
Marriage Certificate.
|
| 3. |
Death Certificate.
|
Census Data:
