BORN HULL 23/9/1895. SON OF THOMAS WILLIAM THOMPSON, OF 9 LORNE STREET, WYKE STREET, HEDON ROAD,.
HE JOINED THE ROYAL MARINE LIGHT INFANTRY, ON 09/11/1915. TOOK PART IN SEVERAL ENGAGEMENTS. WAS TWICE BURIED BY SHELL FICE AND RENDERED UNCONSCIOUS ON THE 28/04/1917.
HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 20/07/1917, AGED 21. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 02/08/1917. *
HE HAD A YOUNGER BROTHER, WHO SERVED WITHTHE EAST YORKSHIRES AND WAS WOUNDED TWICE.
First name:
THOMAS WILLIAM
Military Number:
1193
Rank:
Private
Date Died
20/07/1917
Place died:
Athies Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
22
9 , LORNE STREET, WYKE STREET, HEDON ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried