Private 18522 John THOMPSON

Private 18522 John Thompson{gallery}Pte J Thompson{/gallery}28th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Formerly Pte 12309 Scottish Rifles
Killed in action in the Second Battle of Arras, France and Flanders, 7th May 1917, aged 22

• Commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France. Bay 10
  
• Awarded: 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of John King and Eliza Thompson 
• NNWFHS Memorials: Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Thompson
• Arras Memorial
• Machine Gun Corps

1911 Census and Family History Information

• Born c1895 at Chapel End, Nuneaton
  
• Lived at 96 Jodrell Street, Nuneaton [1911]
• Employed as a colliery banksman [1911]
  
• Enlisted at Nuneaton. Arrived in France 12 May 1915