Basic Details
Surname
Thompson
Forenames
Walter
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
War
First World War (1914-1918)
Served or died
Died
Notes
Recovered 19.09.2023 from https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/4424277
Born 1889 West Knighton Dorset
MARRIAGE 1915 Bessie Fripp
Died of wounds Western Gazette 11 August 1916 i hit by a machine gun bullet just as the second line was carried and died the following day. His widow is Bessie of Box Cottage Puddletrenthide. Flanders
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/75126/walter-john-thompson/
Service Number: 16077
Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Bn.
Date of Death 02 July 1916 Age 26 years old
Buried WARLOY-BAILLON COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION I. A. 10. France
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
British Army
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
The Dorsetshire Regiment
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Lance Corporal
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Country of burial
France
Cemetery
WARLOY-BAILLON COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION I. A. 10.
Year of death
1916
Month of death
July
Day of death
2
Age at death
27
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds