[1] Thompson worked as a putter and stoneman at Emma Colliery, Ryton.

[5] He enlisted as a private in the Scots Guards in February 1917, during the First World War.

[5] Two months later, his brother Charlton was killed in France while serving with the Durham Light Infantry.

[6] Thompson was involved in the Battle of the Sambre-Oise Canal on 4 November 1918, and was killed in action while serving with the 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards at Bermeries two days later,[4] just five days before the armistice with Germany.

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