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Geoffrey Thompson

In memory of:

Second Lieutenant Geoffrey Thompson

September 3, 1916

Military Service


Age:

26

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Engineers

Division:

2nd Queen Victoria's Own Sappers & Miners attd. 179th Tunnelling Coy.

Additional Information


Born:

September 11, 1889
Hornsy, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Son of Alfred Cordery Thompson and Jessie Thompson, of "Chetnole," Oatlands Avenue, Weybridge, Surrey. B.Sc. McGill University, Montreal.

Commemorated on Page 574 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

I. A. 2.

Location:

Albert is a town on the River Ancre in the Department of the Somme, 28 kilometres north-east of Amiens. The ALBERT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION is on the south-east side of Albert and the junction of the roads to Fricourt and Meaulte, and the Extension is entirely enclosed by it.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Honour Roll– From the "McGill Honour Roll, 1914-1918".  McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1926.

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