Name
Eric Barton Thompson
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
08/04/1918
29
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Captain
Royal Air Force
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
EAST MUDROS MILITARY CEMETERY
III. H. 238
Greece
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 29 Mar 1889 in Buenos Aires, Argentina son of Henry Charles and Florence Elizabeth (Plews) Thompson. Educated at Haileybury College 1903-06.
Wartime Service
Joined the Royal Naval Air Service as Flight Sub-Lieutenant on 7 Aug 1915 and achieved his flying certificate on 19 Dec 1915 at Royal Naval Air Station, Chingford and promoted to Flight Lieutenant (Royal Flying Corps, Naval Wing) on 1 Apr 1917. He was killed in an aeroplane accident in Greece.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour, Mike Harwood (Photo)
