Basic Details
Surname
Thompson
Forenames
Frederick
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
10052
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 5 Brook Street.

(CWGC records that Private Frederick Thompson, regimental number 3/10052, died on 9/5/1915 serving in 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, and is commemorated on Le Touret Memorial in France. Soldiers Died in the Great War records Frederick as a native of Peterborough. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that his father William was his legatee. Frederick's Medal Index Card records that he was sent to France on 3/12/1914.
On the 1911 census "Fred" Thompson was aged 15, living at 5 Brook Street, Peterborough with his parents William and Elizabeth. His birth was registered as Frederick Thompson in Peterborough District in 1895).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northants Regt
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
1st
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Aubers Ridge
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1915
Month of death
May
Day of death
9
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action at Aubers Ridge
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
5, BROOK STREET
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial