History while in the forces
Sep 1916: training at Redhill05 Apr 1917: promoted Lance Corporal
05 May 1917: selected for training at 21st Officer Cadet Battalion, Fleet
Sep 1917: commission Queen's Westminster Rifles
13 Dec 1917: left for France
18 Mar 1918: home from Flanders, wounded (gassed)
18 May 1918: re-joined, now in Flanders
- Surname
- Thompson
- Forename
- Eric Wilfred
- Rating or rank
- Private
- Regiment or Other Unit
- 1/16th (County of London) Battalion (Queen's Westminster Rifles)
- Branch
- Old Bond Street, London
- Date of Birth
- Sep 1898
- Date of birth
- 1898
- Date of Entering Bank's Service
- Aug 1915
- Date of Joining HM Forces
- Sep 1916
