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Surname: THOMPSON
Forename(s): Herbert
Place of Birth: Burley-in-Wharfedale, Yorkshire
Service No: 266166
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 2/7th Battalion
Division: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division
Age: 33
Date of Death: 1918-05-25
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: XX. B. 10.
CWGC Cemetery: BIENVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: CARLETON-IN-CRAVEN, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: EMBSAY-WITH-EASTBY, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Herbert Thompson was the adopted son of Samuel and Alice Town, née Luty. Samuel was born at Linton Mill near Grassington and Alice at Smelthouses near Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire.
1891 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 9, Alma Terrace - Herbert Thompson, aged 4 years, born Burley [-in-] Wharfedale, adopted son of Samuel and Alice Town.
1901 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 32, Brook Street - Herbert Thompson, aged 14 years, born Burley, Yorkshire, adopted son of Samuel and Alice Town.
Herbert was married to Minnie Burrows in 1904.
1911 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: 9, George Street, Coates - Herbert Thompson, aged 24 years, born Burley, Yorkshire, husband of Minnie Thompson.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Herbert Thompson, 3423, 266166, W. Rid. Rgt. Theatre of War first served in: 1 - France. Date of entry therein: 29.6.15. K. in A. 25.5.18.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Herbert Thompson, 266166, 3[rd] Ent[renching]. Bn W.R.R.; 1/6 W. Rid. R.; 2/7 W. Rid. R. K. in A. 25.5.18.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Herbert Thompson, 266166, 2/7th Bn W. Riding Regt. Date and Place of Death: 25.5.18. In action. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow and sole legate - Minnie. £25 6s. 10d.
Herbert was wounded during the Battles of Ypres, 1917, 31 July-10 November, at the Battle of Poelcappelle, 9 October.
See also:
‘Guiseley Terriers: A Small Part in The Great War – A History of the 1/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment’ by Stephen Barber (2018).
‘Though lost to sight to memory ever dear – Embsay-with-Eastby First World War Roll of Honour’ by Jane Lunnon, David Turner, Chris Lunnon (2018).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
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Private Herbert THOMPSON
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division
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CWGC Headstone - [Personal inscription: ‘AT REST’]
Courtesy of Colin Chadwick, Harrogate
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14 December 1917
CARLETON – On Leave
Private H. Thompson, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment has arrived home on the usual 10 days’ leave from hospital at Backthorpe, where he was sent suffering from a bullet wound through the left lung received on the Western Front whilst stretcher bearing. He joined the Army soon after the outbreak of war, and has served 2½ years on the Western Front, during which time he has had 10 days’ leave before.
07 June 1918
Private H. Thompson, Carleton
Mrs. Herbert Thompson, 10 Brook View, Carleton, has received word from the War Office that her husband, Private Herbert Thompson, was killed in action on the 25th of May. Before the war Private Thompson was employed as a weaver at Embsay. He was highly respected in the village and leaves a wife and one son, with whom great sympathy is felt. Private Thompson, who was in the West Riding Regt., took a very keen interest in all sports.
14 June 1918
Private H. Thompson, Carleton
We are able to give a photograph of Private H. Thompson, West Riding Regiment, husband of Mrs. Thompson, 10 Brook View, Carleton, who, as recorded in our last issue, was killed in action on May 25th. Deceased was the adopted son of Mrs. Town, of Brougham Street, Skipton.
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11 August 1916
CRAVEN’S LOSSES IN THE WAR
Private John William Garnett, of the Scottish Rifles, and son of Mr. Amos Garnett, of Chapel Street, Carleton, is also reported to have been killed in action. Pte. Garnett, who was only 19 years of age, was residing in Nelson when war broke out, where he was employed as a labourer.
Pte. Herbert Thompson, of the 1st 6th Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment, in a letter to his wife, who resides at No. 6 Foxcroft Terrace, Carleton, states:– “No doubt you will have heard the sad news regarding John William Garnett. He was killed during a heavy bombardment on Tuesday afternoon July 25th, by the Germans, on our trenches. I was talking to him a day or two before, and he seemed as happy as a king."
Pte. W. Smith, another Carleton soldier, in a letter to his mother, states that he was sorry to inform her that Pte. Garnett had been killed in action.
07 June 1918
CRAVEN AND THE WAR
Carleton Soldier Killed
Mrs. Herbert Thompson, of Brook View Carleton, has received word from the Record Office, York, that her husband Pte. Herbert Thompson, of the West Riding Regiment, was killed is action on May 25th. Pte. Thompson was 33 years of age, and before joining the colours he was a weaver at Embsay.
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