Full name Ralph Motson Thompson Place of birth Grimsby, England Years Team | Date of birth 1892 Place of death Somme, France Died 1916, Somme, France | |
Date of death 1 July 1916 (aged 23–24) | ||
Ralph Motson Thompson (1892–1 July 1916) was an English amateur football outside left who made one appearance in the Football League for Grimsby Town.
Personal life
Thompson served as a private in the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment during the First World War and was killed on the first day of the Somme in 1916. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
References
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