Thompson Matthew James Pte (Sgt) 4457160
Personnel Entry
Name Thompson Matthew James
Army number 4457160
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not yet confirmed.
Age 23 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but his number suggests Summer 1939. Posted to the 9th Battalion? Posted to the 12th Battalion 1/9/1939? Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st TS. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France. Evacuated to the UK via Dunkirk. Posted 6th Bn Black Watch by August 1942. Served in the Middle East. KILLED in ACTION 26/4/43.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Probably Rifleman, later Rifle Section Commander, then Platoon Sergeant..
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions Corporal by August 1942, Sergeant by the time of his death.
Wounded No, other than the injuries from which he died.
Prisoner of War No.
Died/Killed in action 26-Apr-43
Home address Son of Fairless and Jane Isabella Thompson, Northumberland. Commemorated Face 23, Medjez-el-Bab Memorial.
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