Tompkinson William Arthur Trevor Pte. 4458016
Personnel Entry
Name Tompkinson William Arthur Trevor
Army number 4458016
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born 22/2/1919
Age 75 at the time of his death.
Unit Conscripted at age 20. Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry. No enlistment date yet but possibly Autumn 1939. Posted ? 6th Battalion DLI. Posted 10th Battalion DLI - probably on 1/9/1939. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F. Taken Prisoner of War - probably on 20/5/1940 but status notified 30/8/1940. Repatriated to the UK. Posted ? Battalion DLI. Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 29/10/1945. Demobilised.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939 on embodiment.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Yes - held in Camps 20A (2A). PoW Number 20088.
Died/Killed in action Died 14/1/1995 and buried at Burton.
Home address Father William Richard Tompkinson - died April 1936 aged 46. Mother - Annie May Smith - died July 1964 aged 77. William married Ellen M Driscoll on 16/3/1946. She was then serving as a Clerk in the A.T.S. - number 298244. He was living at 123 Branston Road, Burton upon Trent and working as a Motor Omnibus Driver - having worked as a Conductor at the time of his conscription. They had eight children.
Source table 10DLI
Grateful thanks are due to Jim Tuckwell for William's photograph and birth and death dates.
