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Sir Thomas Shenton Whitelegge Thomas GCMG KStJ OBE (10 October 1879 – 15 January 1962) was a British colonial administrator most notable for his role as Governor of the Straits Settlements in Singapore.
- Mary Bridget Thomas (daughter)
- Position abolished
- Colonial administrator
- George V
Shenton Thomas Whitelegge Thomas (Sir) (b. 10 October 1879, London, England–d. 15 January 1962, London, England), more popularly known as Sir Shenton Thomas, was the last governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Straits Settlements and High Commissioner of the Federated Malay States (1934–1946).1 He succeeded Sir Cecil Clementi, who had ...
The landing set off alarms, which rocketed up the chain of command to Fort Canning in Singapore. At 1:15 am Percival phoned Sir Shenton Thomas to inform him of the Japanese attack. Thomas’s reaction was quite casual: “Well, I suppose you’ll shove the little men off!”
Sir Thomas Shenton Whitelegge Thomas GCMG KStJ OBE (10 October 1879 – 15 January 1962) was a British colonial administrator most notable for his role as Governor of the Straits Settlements in Singapore.
16 de mar. de 2012 · Governor Shenton Thomas and C-in-C Arthur Percival took the view that putting the ‘impregnable fortress’ of Singapore into a defensible state would be bad for civilian morale. An extraordinary imperial hubris seems to have gripped the upper echelons of British leadership in the Far East.
- Military History
She was escorted by the Governor of Singapore, Sir Shenton Thomas, and his wife, to whom Elizabeth had sent medicines while she was interned in Changi. That act of kindness had not been forgotten. She was given the opportunity by the returning British to seek retribution against her torturers.
6 de jan. de 2015 · The Sporting Lives of Sir Shenton Thomas and the Male European Internees at Changi Prison Camp During the Japanese Occupation of Singapore, 1942–1945. Peng Han Lim. & Mohd Salleh Aman. Pages 466-483 | Published online: 06 Jan 2015. Cite this article. https://doi.org/10.1080/09523367.2014.994203. Full Article. Figures & data. Citations. Metrics.
