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Pte. Richard Thompson

British Army 10th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment

from:Hartlepool

(d.26th June 1916)

Richard Thompson 1883 to 1916 buried at Norfolk Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt, Somme, France

Richard Thompson was my Great Grandfather and he will be forever remembered. He was born 18th Oct 1883 in Whitby, Yorkshire. He was the son of William Pounder Thompson and Elizabeth Steel. By 1901 he was living and working in Hartlepool, Durham, England and in 1909 he married Elizabeth Ann Cannon. They had 3 sons, the youngest born just a month before his father was killed.

When Richard signed up he was working as a Shipyard Labourer at Hartlepool Docks and living at 7 Sussex Street, Hartlepool, Durham, England. Richard is buried Norfolk Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt, Somme, France and is remembered on the Redheugh Gardens War Memorial Wall in Cliff Terrace, Hartlepool.



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