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Thomas Bateman Thompson
Information about birth
Year of birth: 1890 |
Place of birth: Bratoft, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom |
General information
Profession: Cowman |
Army information
Country: England, United Kingdom |
Force: British Expeditionary Force |
Rank: Private |
Service number: 28817 |
Units: — Leicestershire Regiment, 6th Bn. (Last known unit) |
Information about death
Date of death: 02/10/1917 |
Place of death: Polygon Wood - Cameron House, Belgium |
Cause of death: Killed in action (K.I.A.) |
Age: 27 |
Memorial
Tyne Cot Memorial Panel: 51.A |
Distinctions and medals 2
British War Medal Medal |
Victory Medal Medal |
Points of interest 1
#1 | Place of birth |
My story
Private Thomas Bateman Thompson was part of ‘B’ Company, 6th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment, 110th Brigade, 21st Division. His battalion took part in the Battle of Polygon Wood (26 September 1917 – 3 October 1917). The Leicestershire brigade joined the battle on the night of 30 September 1917, when they marched to Polygon Wood. Polygon Wood had been captured by Australian units in the previous days and on that night the brigade took over the newly-won positions in the right half of the Polygon sector. The 8th and 9th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment were in the front (just outside the wood), with the 7th in support and the 6th in reserve. The 6th held positions well back inside the wood. They suffered from several German counter attacks from Cameron Covert and Cameron Copse and from a strongpoint at Joist Farm. The 7th Bn. moved up to the frontline and in the night the 6th Bn. moved up into support. On the 2nd of October the battalion was relieved and moved back to the camp at Scottish Wood (H35.d.6.8.). The war diary states that 4 men were killed and 81 men wounded that day. Private Thomas Bateman Thompson most likely was one of these four men who were killed in the commotion during the night of ½ October 1917. His body was never found.
Sources 6
Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/ Sources used |
Chris McCarthy, Passchendaele : The Day-by-Day account, 2018, 106. Sources used |
CWGC https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/827571/thompson,-thomas-bateman/ Sources used |
Matthew Richardson, The Tigers : 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th (Service) battalions of the Leicestershire Regiment, 2000, 190. Sources used |
Naval & Military Archive http://www.nmarchive.com/ Sources used |
The Long Long Trail https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/ Sources used |