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Pte. Thomas John Thompson
British Army 1st Battalion, B Coy. Gloucestershire Regiment

(d.28th Oct 1918)
Thomas John Thompson died aged 33 whilst serving with 1st Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, he had formerly served with the Royal Engineers. Born in Penshaw Durham in 1885, son of William and Ellen Thompson (nee Aittis). In the 1911 Census he is listed as Thomas John Thompson, age 26, a Piano & Organ Commercial Traveller, living with his parents William & Ellen Thompson & siblings at 2, Oak Street, Jarrow-on-Tyne. He was the husband of Eleanor Barber Thompson (nee Stockman) of 42 Walter Street Jarrow. He enlisted in Aldershot.
Thomas is buried in Hebburn Cemetery and is commemorated on the Palmer Cenotaph Jarrow.

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