Trooper
BORN NEWINGTON, HULL 1896. SON OF WILLIAM AND ALICE THOMPSON, OF 400 HESSLE ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED LONDON. SERVED AS A TROOPER, WITH THE 1ST LIFE GUARDS. ACCIDENTALY KILLED, ON 17/08/1917, AGED 21. BURIED AT ST. VENANT COMMUNAL CEMETERY, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE. HIS GARVE INSCRIPTION, READS, "DEARLY LOVED AND SADLY MISSED […]