BORN HULL 1880. SON OF HERBERT ERNEST & MARY AGNES THOMPSON, OF 2 ETTYS TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). A DOCK LABOURER.
ENLISTED HULL. SERVED IN THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE PIONEERS. LEFT ENGLAND ON 14/07/1915. REPORTED MISSING AND KILLED AT GALLIPOLI ON 09/08/1915, AGED 35.
HIS BROTHER, PTE, SAMUEL THOMPSON, 4TH EYR, DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 11/06/1915.
HERBERTS DEATH WAS REPORTED AND PHOTOGRAPH PRINTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 5TH OCTOBER 1915. *
HIS MOTHER HAD LOST TWO SONS IN TWO MONTHS. SHE MOVED TO 28 MALM STREET, BOULEVARD, HULL (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS).
First name:
HERBERT ERNEST
Military Number:
13605
Rank:
Private
Date Died
09/08/1915
Place died:
Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Age:
35
2 ETTYS TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
