South Yorkshire Times, August 26th 1944
Killed On His Birthday
Wombwell Soldier’s Fate
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Thompson, of 15, Broomhead Road, Wombwell, had received a letter from their son, Pte. Dennis Thompson (25), acknowledging cards greeting him on his birthday on July 20th. Later they received from the Records Office notification that he was killed in action in Normandy on that date.
In his last letter Private Thompson said they were now getting good food, including plenty of fresh butter and he had got a milk supply by milking a goat.
Pte. Thompson was married in 1940 to Miss Hilda Wake, of 28, Dearne Road, Brampton. Before coming to Wombwell his parents lived in Darley Terrace, Summer Lane, Barnsley.
He went to Park Street Schools, Wombwell, and, before joining up in February 1940, was employed by a painter and decorator.
His only brother, Cyril Thompson, (27) was aboard the merchant ship ‘Orama’ when she was lost at Narvik and has since been prisoner of war in Germany.
From C.W.G.C.:
Private DENNIS THOMPSON
Service Number: 4541618
Regiment & Unit/Ship Lincolnshire Regiment 2nd Bn.
Date of Death Died 20 July 1944
Age 25 years old
Buried or commemorated at RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY IX. A. 15. France
Additional Info
Son of Samuel and Edith R. Thompson; husband of Hilda Thompson, of Brampton, Yorkshire.
Personal Inscription
THY WORD IS TRUE THY WILL IS JUST TO THEE WE LEAVE HIM, LORD IN TRUST