Moy-Thomas, James Alan
Personal Information
Rank | F/L |
Forename(s) | James Alan |
Surname | Moy-Thomas |
Gender | M |
Age | 35 |
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Date of Death | 29-02-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Alan and Gertrude Moy-Thomas. Husband of J. Moy-Thomas, of Oxford. His Brother, Edward Alfred, Also Died On Service. |
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Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Cambridge City Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 14153. |
Epitaph | ALSO REMEMBERING HIS BROTHER CAPTAIN E.A.MOY-THOMAS 1ST AIRBORNE DIVISION KILLED AT ARNHEM 20.9.44 |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 216 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 66643 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 100 |
Squadron | 1692 Flt |
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Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Miscellaneous Information
Educated at Eton and Christ College Oxford and was a lecturer in Zoology at Queen's College Oxford. |
Obituary in Nature magazine, April 8th 1944: “By the death, in a motor accident while on duty, on February 29, of Flight-Lieut. J. A. Moy-Thomas at the age of thirty-five, we have lost one of the most distinguished of the younger generation of zoologists. The study of fossil fishes attracted him most, and he made many valuable contributions to our knowledge of their structure and classification. Particularly did he devote himself to unravelling the difficult problem of the true affinities of certain well-known forms of very obscure relationship.” |
The fish genus Jamoytius was named after him |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-11--0001 |
End Date | 30-11--0001 |
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Reason for Loss | Killed in a road traffic accident. |