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F/O. Charles Aubrey William "Jox" Thompson

Royal Flying Corps No.2 Squadron

from:Buenos Aires, Argentina

Charles Thompson

Jox Thompson was my grandfather. From his service records held at the National Archives, I can see the dates for his time flying with No.2 Squadron as an Observer, in all probability artillery spotting for the very men he used to be part of when in the Artillery at the beginning of his service. And I can see that he was wounded and hospitalised on the 27th of December 1916, then posted to 86 Squadron in early 1918.

Charles Thompson was the youngest of three brothers. The middle brother, Clive Duncan Thompson, was a POW at that point in the war (having been shot down on the 16th of August 1917). The older brother, Eric Barton Thompson, was a Royal Naval Air Service aviator, killed on the 8th of April 1918. What a family.

Charles Thompson



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