Corporal S/1419 Charles John THOMPSON

Corporal S/1419 Charles John Thompson{gallery}Cpl C J Thompson{/gallery}11th Battalion, Rifle Brigade
Died of wounds while a Prisoner of War, 13th April 1917, aged 23. On 6 Mar 1917 he was shot in the lung and taken prisoner. He died at the POW Hospital, Berlin

• Buried: Berlin South Western Cemetery, Brandenburg, Germany. Grave VI.A.13
  
• Awarded: 1914-15 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of [late] Henry and Emily Thompson
• NNWFHS Memorial: Grendon and George Skey & Co
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Cpl Thompson
• NNWFHS Grendon War Memorial Page
• Berlin South Western Cemetery
• Rifle Brigade

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born c1894 in Grendon
  
• Lived at Kitchen’s Bridge, Grendon [1911]
  
• Employed as a brickyard worker [1911]
• Enlisted at Atherstone on 6 Sep 1914