Regiment: Connaught Rangers (The Devil's Own) 1st Battalion

Last Name
Address
Narrative
Thompson, John Thomas
Private
Connaught Rangers (The Devil's Own) 1st Battalion
2 LEONARDS AVENUE, ALEXANDRA ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
       
Area
Leonard's Avenue, Alexandra Road
       
Died on
16/06/1917
       
Aged
41
BORN WEST NEWTON, YORKSHIRE 1875. SON OF JOSEPH & KATHLEEN THOMPSON, OF SWINE, HULL. A GARDNER, WORKING IN SKIRLAUGH (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST CONNAUGHT RANGERS, DIED IN MESOPOTAMIA, ON 16/06/1917, AGED 41. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE BASRA CEMETERY, IRAQ. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIFE. HIS WIDO […]