BORN HULL 16/12/1874. SON OF JOHN THOMAS THOMPSON. THE FAMILY MOVED AND LIVED IN NEWARK, NOTTS. HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 08/09/1914. KILLED IN ACTION ON 28/10/1914, AGED 39.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS HALF SISTER MRS ANNIE BRADSHAW (1880-1963).
HE IS PHOTOGRAPHED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL (Hull Daily Mail 21 October 1914) *
HE IS RECORDED AS KILLED ON THE OSBORNE STREET ROLL OF HONOUR (Hull Daily Mail 23 October 1916)
First name:
JOHN
Regiment:
Military Number:
8073
Rank:
Private
Date Died
28/10/1914
Place died:
Ploegsteert Memorial, Hainaut, Belgium
Age:
39
OSBORNE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
