World War 1
Search the known records to date of those lost from the wider Alnwick area in World War 1
Generally showing where they are commemorated, when they died and some basic facts about each person. There are gaps, however, so if you can fill in any missing details do please contact us.
Thomas Thompson
Forename(s):
Thomas
Surname:
Thompson
Initial(s):
T
Service Number:
B/200253
Rank:
Rifleman
Regiment:
Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own), 10th (Service) Battalion
Died:
17/12/1917
Aged:
30
Buried:
Caudry British Cemetery
Service History:
Enlisted at Amble, Northumberland.
Formerly 5539, 3/8th Battalion, London Regiment.
Died of wounds received.
Background:
Born 1887, at Cavil Head, Warkworth, the only son of John W. (Farmer & Woodman) & Elizabeth Thompson, of Low Park, Acklington, Northumberland.
One sister, Agnes.
In 1911, a Postman for the General Post Office.
(Source: 'Portraits of War...'; Edited & compiled by June Watson; Wildgoose Press; 2016; p. 111)
Local Memorial:
Acklington, St. John the Divine Church
Radcliffe War Memorial