BORN HULL 1888. SON OF JAMES THOMPSON (1854-1) AND EMMA LOUISE THOMPSON (1869- ), OF 94, BELMONT STREET, NEW BRIDGE ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS)
A LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 3 INCHES TALL, BROWN EYES, BROWN HAIR, CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION.
HE MARRIED AT HULL, ON 4 OCT 1911, AGED 23. HIS WIFE ELIZABETH ABLETT (1892- ) & TWO SONS (JAMES HERBERT AND CHSRLES WILLIAM), LIVED AT 91 , COURTNEY STREET, HULL, (ARMY ADDRESS & WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 4 NOV 1914. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 1095, 12TH EYR. SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. TRANSFERRED TO THE 783 RD LABOUR CORPS. DIED OF INFLUENZA, ON 05/10/1918, AGED 30. BURIED IN FRANCE.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS AND WAR PENSION WENT TO HIS WIDOW, ELIZABETH
First name:
JAMES
Military Number:
397117
Rank:
Private
Date Died
05/10/1918
Place died:
Blargies Communal Cemetery, Oise, France
Age:
30
