BORN HULL 1891. SON OF THOMAS & CATHERINE THOMPSON, OF 2 ALBION PLACE, COLLIER STREET, HULL. HE LIVED WITH HIS AUNT, MRS KILROY, AT 36 WEST STREET, HULL.
ENLISTED HULL. HE WAS SERVING IN THE ARMY, IN INDIA WHEN WAR BEGAN. SERVED IN EGYPT AND THE DARDENELLES. TRANSFERRED TO THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 01/09/1918, AGED 27. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 25/09/1918. *
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, JAMES THOMPSON, (EYR) WAS KILLED IN ACTION, IN 1914, FRANCE. ANOTHER BROTHER, SAPPER, THOMAS THOMPSON, (RE’S) SERVED IN FRANCE.
First name:
FRANCIS MARTIN
Regiment:
Military Number:
9478
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
01/09/1918
Place died:
Bancourt British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
27
