Thompson, Arthur

BORN HULL 05/01/1875. ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVY ON 11/12/1890. SERVED ON HIS FIRST SHIP – HMS ‘IMPREGNABLE’. PROMOTED TO CHIEF YEOMAN . SERVED IN THE WAR, AS A SIGNALLER,  ON HMS “VIVID”. DIED IN PLYMOUTH HOSPITAL ON 14/05/1917, AGED 42. HIS NEXT OF KIN WAS HIS SISTER, EMMA, OF HOLME HILL AVENUE, SOUTH SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK. THIS WAS HIS PROBATE ADDRESS. HE LEFT £218 TO CHIEF PETTY OFFICER, HENRY ALEXANDER McCLAUGHRY.

HE IS BURIED AT PLYMOUTH (FORD PARK) CEMETERY, DEVON, UK


First name:
ARTHUR
Military Number:
158322
Rank:
Signaller
Date Died
14/05/1917
Place died:
PLYMOUTH (FORD PARK) CEMETERY, DEVON, UK
Age:
42
40 TOWNSEND AVENUE, DEVONPORT, PLYMOUTH, DEVON, UK