Notes
On 22/3/1944 the Newcastle Evening Chronicle reported that PC William Thompson had become the first member of the Sunderland Police to be killed in the War. He was described as being a Sergeant Navigator in the RAF; his father was stated to be living at 1 Lisle Grove, Howden on Tyne. CWGC records that Sergeant Navigator William Haswell Thompson, 167366, died 19/3/1944, and is buried at Wallsend (Holy Cross) Cemetery