BORN HULL 1891. SON OF THOMAS HENRY THOMPSON (1857-1949) & EMILY FORD (1863-1936), OF 52 SYMONS STREET, FOUNTAIN ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 99 SCULCOATES LANE, HULL.
A FORMER APPRENTICE JOINER. HE WORKED AS A TRAM DRIVER ON THE BEVERLEY ROAD CARS. HE MARRIED ANNIE E. PENN, AT SCULCOATES, HULL, ON 24/03/1913.
ENLISTED HULL. SERVED IN THE 2ND WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. REPORTED MISSING 16/08/1917. LATER KILLED IN ACTION ON 16/08/1917, AGED 27.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW ANNIE E. THOMPSON & TWO CHILDREN, AT29 TERRY STREET, HULL.
HIS DEATH WAS LISTED IN THE YORK TIMES 27/07/1918. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON TRINITY HOUSE, WW1 ROLL OF HONOUR.
HIS DEATH WAS ALSO REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH ON 22ND JULY 1918. *
First name:
PERCY LAWRENCE
Military Number:
28371
Rank:
Private
Date Died
16/08/1917
Place died:
Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
26
