Robert THOMPSON (2)

Main CPGW Record

Surname: THOMPSON

Forename(s): Robert

Place of Birth: Gargrave, Yorkshire

Service No: 29461

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)

Battalion / Unit: 2nd Battalion

Division: 4th Division

Age: ---

Date of Death: 1917-05-03

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Bay 6.

CWGC Cemetery: ---

CWGC Memorial: ARRAS MEMORIAL

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: GARGRAVE, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

Robert Thompson was the son of Robert and Hannah Thompson, née Langstroth. Robert, senior, was born at Skipton and Hannah at Gargrave, Yorkshire. Robert, junior, was the cousin of Private Edward Fawcett (34214) (q.v.) and Private John William Ward (33984) (q.v.). Sarah Elizabeth Langstroth, the cousin of Robert Thompson, junior, Edward Fawcett and John William Ward, was married to Private William Edward Parrott (G/44798) (q.v.).

1901 Broughton, Yorkshire Census: Broughton Quarries - Robert Thompson, aged 3 years, born Gargrave, Yorkshire, son of Robert and Hannah Thompson.

1911 Gargrave, Yorkshire Census: 19, River Place - Robert Thompson, aged 13 years, born Gargrave, son of Robert and Hannah Thompson.

The British Army Service Record for Robert Thompson exists but may be incomplete.

A short biography of Robert is included in: ‘From Mills to Marching and Back Again – A History of Gargrave from 1900 to 1925’ by Sue Lyall and Donavon Slaven with contributions from George Ingle, Ray Jones and Martin Thompson (2019).

Data Source: Local War Memorial

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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