World War 1
Search the known records to date of those lost from the wider Alnwick area in World War 1
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George Thomas Thompson
Forename(s):
George Thomas
Surname:
Thompson
Initial(s):
G T
Service Number:
291703
Rank:
Lance-Sergeant
Regiment:
Northumberland Fusiliers, 1/7th Battalion Territorial Force
Died:
26/10/1917
Aged:
21
Buried:
Tyne Cot Memorial (Tyne Cot Cemetery)
Service History:
Enlisted at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.
Background:
Born about 1896, at Widdrington, Northumberland, the eldest son of William (b. about 1869, at Dam House, Ponteland, Northumberland; employed as a Household Joiner) & Isabella Thompson (b. 1870, at Wooperton, Northumberland), of Guyzance, Acklington, Northumberland.
In 1911, Thompson was employed as a Carter.
His two brothers & four sisters were all born at Acklington - Robert Ernest (12); Marion (9); Jane (6); William (4); & twins Winnifred & Lena (1).
Local Memorial:
Acklington, St. John the Divine Church
(Source: newmp.org.uk)