Thomson Frank Cyril Pte 1692597

Personnel Entry

Pte F C Thomson's CWGC headstone.

Name Thomson Frank Cyril
Army number 1692597
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Born North London - date not yet known.
Age 27
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Artillery - date not known. Transferred to the Essex Regiment 28/10/1943. Served Normandy. Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry. Posted 11th Bn DLI. KILLED in ACTION 8/8/44 with 11th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade 1944 - exact date not yet known.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 08-Aug-44
Home address Resident of West London. Son of Frank Cyril and Elizabeth Thomson, husband of Kathleen Elizabeth Thomson of Hammersmith, London. Buried Grave III. E. 3. Banneville-la-Campagne War Cemetery.
Source table 11DLI

The DLI Roll of Honour shows his surname as THOMPSON - this appears to be a manuscript error.