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Name: Benny Thomas
Hometown: Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
Birthplace: Llansamlet, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
Pro Boxer: Record

The London Express for August 16, 1916, reported Benny Thomas, Cardiff bantamweight, was killed in action during World War I. This was incorrect. In April 1918 he was listed as wounded and missing. In May it was confirmed that he was being held as a prisoner of war by the Germans. After the War he was demobilized in MArch 1919 and resumed his boxing career