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STANLEY (Derwentside)

Thompson, T., Pte., 1918

Photo: Dorothy Hall

Photo: Dorothy Hall

Photo: Dorothy Hall

In Stanley New Cemetery is the Commonwealth War Grave with a private headstone of 44457 Private Thomas Thompson serving with the Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) who died 01/05/1918.

The headstone reads:-

In
Loving
Memory
of
Pte. T.
Thompson M.G.C.
beloved son of
Luke & Margaret A.
Thompson
of Stanley who died in
Lincoln Hospital 1st May 1918
Aged 24 years

On left side

Also of
Coy. Sgt. Maj.
W.A.
Henderson
beloved husband of
Frances E. Henderson
who was killed in
Action in France March
23rd 1918 aged 30 years

Son of Luke and Margaret Ann Thompson, of 3, Smailes St., West Stanley.

Thomas Thompson is remembered in Stanley in S135.04


The CWGC entry for Private Thompson

If you know more about this person, please send the details to janet@newmp.org.uk