Born Scawby, Lincolnshire 1892. Son of Thomas and Mary Elizabeth Thompson, of Scawby Brook, Brigg, Lincs. He had three brother and two sisters.
PC, 496, Arthur Thompson was a Hull Policeman, joining on 03/06/1912 and working at the Norfolk Street, Division. He enlisted in the Coldstream Guards, on 06/05/1915, and saw much action in France. In June 1916, he was recommended for a commission in the field and transferred as Second Lieutenant, in the 24th Northumberland Fusiliers (1st Tyneside Irish). He was killed in action, on 23/10/1917, aged 26. He was a man of high character and intelligence and was highly respected by all his comrades.
His death was reported in the Hull Daily Mail, on 14/12/1917. He is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.
His brother, Private, George Wilkinson Thompson, 12293, 8th Lincolnshire Regiment, was killed at Loos, on 26/09/1915, aged 20.
