Name
George Thompson
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Biography
A newspaper cutting from late 1916 (September or later) reports information written in a letter by Private Edward Goldsmith, which informed Mrs Parsell of the death of her son, John Frederick Parsell (also from Pirton). He was killed in a shell burst, which also injured two other Pirton men, Arthur Walker and George Roberts. Arthur later died. George Thompson is referred to along with Fred Baines and Arthur Odell, all named as Pirton men whom John had met before he died.
Parish and census records provide no further information, other than to confirm that the surname was present in
Acknowledgments
Text from the book ‘The Pride of Pirton’ by Jonty Wild, Tony French & Chris Ryan used with author's permission
