Herbert Balfe Thompson
Service Number
6106
Military Unit
6th Bn Lincolnshire Regiment
Date of birth
Unknown
Date of Death
18 Sep 1916 (26 Years Old)
Place of Birth
Stockport.
Employment, Education or Hobbies
Cotton Mill Clerk. Attended Queen Elizabeth School from Sept 1898 and July 1905.
- Family History
- Military History
- Extra Information
- Photographs
Family History
Parents: Sidney and Emma Thompson of Stone Cross, Woodhouse Road, Mansfield. Left his mother £487 1s and 2d in his will.
Military History
Enlisted 07/09/1914. Commissioned to Sherwood Foresters on 02/12/1914 as a 2nd Lieutenant then transferred to Lincolnshire Regiment. Promoted in the field whilst serving in Gallipoli.
Extra Information
Mansfield Chronicle Advertiser, 28/09/1916 Photograph printed and a long letter. Killed by a sniper's bullet to his back whilst on way back from checking on his men pinned down by the Germans.
