=====Thomas Coombs=====
Commissioner **Thomas B. Coombs**.

^Commissioner Thomas Coombs||
^Rank|Commissioner|
^Relations|[[Nellie Cope Coombs|Commissioner Nellie Coombs (wife)]]|

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//Nellie and Thomas Coombs//

====Appointments====
^Appointment^Rank^From^Until^
|Territorial Commander - [[Canada and Bermuda Territory]]|Major|June 1884|September 19, 1889|
|Territorial Commander - [[Australian Territory]]|Commissioner|September 19, 1889|1896|
|Territorial Commander - [[Canada and Bermuda Territory]]|Commissioner|December 4, 1904|January 27, 1911|

Coombs applied for the Field at the age of 17 and was accepted. During several years, he held important commands in the British Field, among them being that of the Divisional Officer in Wales, he being the second in that appointment.

====External====
  * [[https://salvationist.ca/archives-and-museum/people/thomas-coombs/|Thomas Coombs - Canada and Bermuda Territory]]
  * The History of the Salvation Army, Vol. 4 by Arch Wiggins, pg. 92