BORN HULL 1900. SON OF WILLIAM AND AUGUSTA THOMPSON. HIS FATHER WAS SHIP STEWARD. HIS MOTHER WAS BORN IN HAMBURG, GERMANY. THE FAMILY LIVED AT 6, VICTORIA AVENUE, WELLSTED STREET (WAR PENSION ADDRESS), 32, WESTBOURNE STREET & 168, BEAN STREET, HESSLE ROAD. HE LIVED WITH HIS OLDER MARRIED SISTER, AMY ROBINSON AT 32 WESTBOURNE STREET.
EMPLOYED AS A RULLEYMAN. DESCRIBED AT 5 FOOT 8 INCHES TALL, 126 LBS, 35 INCH CHEST, GREY EYES, BROWN HAIR AND FRESH COMPLEXION.
HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 12/01/1918. TRAINED AT RUGELEY CAMP. POSTED ON 22/07/1918. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 20/10/1918, AGED 18. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE SHARED BETWEEN HIS EIGHT SIBLINGS AT THIS ADDRESS.
HIS WAR PENSION WENT TO HIS STEP SISTER, KATE HOLT, AT 6, VICTORIA AVENUE, WELLSTED STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS ARMY EFFECTS TO HIS ELDEST BROTHER, FRED THOMPSON, AT 5, PRINCESS ROW, GEORGE STREET, HULL
