Gunner Frank Thompson

Rank or Title

Date of Birth

2 Mar 1891

Date of Death

11 Jun 1952

War time / or Pre War occupation

Shopkeeper (Confectioner & Tobacconist), Gunner

Employer

Self-employed

Service Number

101697

Place of Birth

160 Milton Street
MAIDSTONE
United Kingdom

World War I Address

63 Wellington Street
LUTON
United Kingdom

Place of Death

39 Napsbury Lane
ST ALBANS
United Kingdom

Grave Location

Hatfield Road Cemetery
ST ALBANS
United Kingdom

War Memorial Location

Soldier or Civilian

  • Soldier

Eldest son of Edwin Frank Thompson (Lithographer) and Adelaide Thompson (nee Eves), residents of 5 West View Road, St Albans, formerly of Maidstone, Kent.

Married Mary Everard on 23 October 1915 at Christ Church, St Albans. Eldest son, Douglas Frank Thompson, born on 6 January 1917 at 63 Wellington Street, Luton.

A postcard sized photograph of Frank Thompson's Confectionery & Tobacconist shop at 63 Wellington Street, Luton is held by Bedfordshire & Luton Archives & Records Service, Catalogue Reference Z1089/1

About 1920 Frank and family moved from 63 Wellington Street, Luton to 111 Hatfield Road (later renumbered 45 Hatfield Road), St Albans where their Confectionery & Tobacconist business continued until about 1946. 

Frank Thompson is buried in grave MR27 (unmarked) in Hatfield Road Cemetery, St Albans.

Individual Location

Author: peterwoolwell

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