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Lieutenant-Commander Douglas Roscoe Saxby-Thomas, R.N. (18 July, 1884 – 23 January, 1917) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Saxby-Thomas was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1906.
Diagnosed on 1 May 1916 with syphilis type II at Malta.
Saxby-Thomas was appointed to the second class protected cruiser H.M.S. Isis on 14 January, 1917 and died when on passage to her in the armed merchant cruiser H.M.S. Laurentic when that ship was lost.
See Also
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