[1] In 1909 he joined the British & Colonial Aeroplane Company moving in 1914 to Vickers in London.
At the start of the first world war he moved to the Royal Aircraft Factory.
[1] Thomas first design to fly was the Saunders T.1 a two-seat biplane, it first flew in 1917 but only one was built.
[1] His next project was a large flying boat bomber named Great Britain designed to carry a 1,000 lbs of bombs to Berlin.
[1] The design was not built possibly due to Thomas contracting influenza from which he died on 17 October 1918.