Thompson, W
About Thompson, W
WILLIAM THOMPSON
Remembered with honour Arras Memorial: Bay 5.
He enlisted in Watford; was entitled to the Victory and British War medals, and was killed in action. Unfortunately, William’s Service Record appears to be one that did not survive the World War Two bombing.
Son of William and Eliza (nee POOLE) THOMPSON.
His parents married 1894 in the Risbridge, Suffolk, district. William died 1926 in the Barnet, Herts, district aged 53.
William was born 1895 in Haverhill, Suffolk, and resided in Watford.
On the 1901 Census, aged 5 he lived in New Barnet, with his parents and three siblings. On the 1911 Census, a feeder in printing works aged 15, he was a patient at Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, Middx.
Service number
25575Rank
PrivateUnit
6th BattalionRegiment
Bedfordshire (198)
Date of death
12*/04/1917Age at death
21Place of death
France (780)
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Notes
His brother Robert died 30 April 1918 and also features on this Roll of HonourSearch by memorial
- 1st S.W. Herts Scout Troop [in St Mary's Parish Church Watford] (4)
- Abbot's Langley Herts War Memorial (17)
- Aldbury Herts War Memorial (1)
- Aldenham Herts War Memorial (located in Letchmore Heath Herts) (8)
- All Saints Church Croxley Green Herts (12)
- All Saints Church Harrow Weald Middx (2)
- All Saints Church Hertford (1)
- All Saints Church King's Langley Herts (1)
- All Saints Church Leavesden Herts (31)
- All Saints Church Witham Essex (3)
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