"Tommy Jolys!...Hunting me with horns. I shall have something to say to him. He was always a noisy and ill-behaved little boy." (Maria Turner, PM27)

Colonel T E Jolys DSO (Tommy Jolys) is a retired army officer, organizer of the district firefighters, leader of men, hero of many wars (PM29). He is a near-contemporary of Maria Turner, probably a few years younger than her. He is aged about 55, since he is described reverting to the little boy of 50 years ago, a reference to the Tin Trumpet Incident (PM29). Hence he would have served in the First World War rather than the many wars ie the little colonial wars of Arthur Ransome's childhood.

AppearancesEdit

• Pigeon Post
• The Picts and the Martyrs

lesser factsEdit

• Phone number: Fellside 75 (PP33) & (PM2).
• He lives at the head of the lake, as Mrs Tyson says Before we'd get the word to the Colonel at head of the lake there'd be nowt left of our valley but ash and smoke (PP8).
• He is a shortish, stout man but has a big, carrying voice. When he demonstrates a long blast on his coach-horn he blew ... on ... and on ... and on, and only gets very red though Dick thinks that He'll burst (PM26).

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