Name
Roger Eykyn Thompson
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
12/04/1918
40
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Captain
Hampshire Regiment
15th (Hampshire Yeomanry) Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL
Panel 1.
Belgium
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 9 Oct 1877 and was baptised on 9 Dec 1877 in Wandsworth, London son of Arthur and Alice Elizabeth (Greenhill) Thompson of Garthlands, Reigate Heath, Surrey. Educated at Haileybury College 1891-95. He married Sylvia May Gardiner in 1908 and lived at "By the Way", Merstham, Surrey and had two sons. He was a produce broker.
Wartime Service
He entered France on 24 Dec 1917 and was killed in action.
Additional Information
Brother of Captain Arnold Bosanquet Thompson who was killed in action on 25 December 1915 and is also commemorated on these memorials.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
