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255096 Pte. Harry Stancer Thompson British Army 9th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry from:Lincolnshire (d.14th Nov 1918) Harry Thompson was born in Patricroft, Eccles, Lancashire in 1895. He was unofficially adopted by George and Eliza Thompson of Winterton, Cheshire. He joined up in WW1, and served with 9th Battalion, KOYLI and must have been captured in France in May 1918. He was taken to Germany as a POW and we presume died from hard labour and bad conditions, working in a mine (or mines) of some kind. He passed away a few days after Armistice and is buried in Germany. My grandfather, Oswald Day Gell Thompson was adopted by the same couple and went to war after Harry, I think. He served in the Salonica or Mesopotamian Front area. He came back home, but was so compromised by malaria and TB that he died in a sanatorium in 1930. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please put first part of your email, (before the @ sign) in the first box, and the second part in the second box. Do not include @, it is automatic. Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**