On Plymouth Naval Memorial is the name of D/KX 80612 Stoker First Class Stephen Welsh Thompson serving on H.M. Submarine Phoenix with the Royal Navy who died 21/07/1940.

Eoin Gallacher has submitted the following:-
Stephen Welsh Thompson was born in 1909, at Bedlington, to parents Anthony and Ellen Thompson. Sadly, Stephen’s father, Anthony, was killed in 1917 during the Great War.

Stephen joined the Royal Navy at the outbreak of war, being allocated the service number D/KK8612, going on to serve aboard the H.M. Submarine Phoenix.

Stoker 1st Class Thompson was presumed to have died on the 21st July 1940, aged 31, being remembered on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.

He and his father are both listed on the Bedlington War Memorial. Stephen’s maternal uncle, Stephen Welsh was killed in 1917.

Stephen Welsh Thompson  is remembered at Bedlington on B15.02 and B15.08