BORN HULL 1899. SON OF GEORGE & LOUISA ELLEN THOMPSON, OF 157 CRAVEN STREET, HULL. EMPLOYED AT ROBINSON’S TIN WORKS, SOUTHCOATES LANE. HE WAS MARRIED WITH THREE CHILDREN. LIVED AT 9 GRANVILLE TERRACE, CHURCHILL STREET, HULL.
ENLISTED HULL. EX 30034 WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TAKEN PRISONER, ON 27/05/1918. DIED OF PNEUMONIA, AT FREDRICKSFIELD CAMP, GERMANY, ON 09/11/1918, AGED 19.
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, GEORGE EDWIN THOMPSON, 11TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, WAS KILLED ON 27/03/1918, AGED 21.
First name:
JOHN WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
29463
Rank:
Private
Date Died
09/11/1918
Place died:
Cologne Southern Cemetery, Germany
Age:
19
