The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private J Thompson

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Private Joseph THOMPSON, 204384, 7th Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 1739, Cheshire Regiment),  killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 24th April 1918, age 25.

Born Runcorn, Cheshire, son of Mary Thompson.

1911 Census - 5, Renshaw Street, Northwich. Cheshire - Frank Dufficy, head, age 50, married, alkali labourer (chemical crossed out), worker, born Congleton, Cheshire; Mary Dufficy, wife, age 50, married 10 years, 9 children, 5 still alive,  born Runcorn, Cheshire; Joseph Thompson, step-son, age 19, single, farm labourer, (out of employment crossed out), worker, born Runcorn, Cheshire;

Florrie Thompson, step-daughter, age 21, married 3 years, 1 child still alive, born Runcorn, Cheshire; James Lamb, son in law, age 25, married, alkali labourer (chemical crossed out), worker, born Runcorn, Cheshire; Thomas Lamb, grand-son, age 3, born Runcorn, Cheshire;

Matthew Connor, boarder, age 39, single, alkali labourer (chemical crossed out), worker, born Widnes, Lancashire; George Dean, age 70, married, alkali labourer (chemical crossed out), worker, born Tilston, Cheshire.

Children - Florence Lena Hitchen, born 26th November 1915.

1916 September, Northwich. Cheshire Registration Distrrict, married Edith Hitchen, 18, Renshaw Street, Lostock, Northwich. Cheshire.

Enlisted Hartford, Cheshire.  Resided Lostock Graham near Northwich, Cheshire.

Commemorated at Pozieres Memorial, Panel 58 and 59, Somme, France.