Date of birth 1895 Place of death Nord, France Died 1918, Nord, France | Place of birth Prudhoe, England Years Team | |
Full name Edward William Thompson Date of death 6 November 1918 (aged 22–23) | ||
Edward William Thompson (1895 – 6 November 1918) was an English amateur football left back who made one appearance in the Football League for Fulham.
Personal life
Thompson worked as a putter and stoneman at Emma Colliery, Ryton. He enlisted as a private in the Scots Guards in February 1917, during the First World War. Two months later, his brother Charlton was killed in France while serving with the Durham Light Infantry. Thompson was killed on the Western Front on 6 November 1918, just five days before the armistice. He was buried in Bermeries Communal Cemetery.
References
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