PHANTOM Thompson, William Frank

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Thompson ​

• FORENAME

William Frank ​

• UNIT

former H and B Squadron GHQ Liaison Regiment (Phantom) ​

• RANK

Captain ​

• NUMBER

124039 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

10th June 1944 ​

• AGE

23 ​

• GRAVESITE

Sofia War Cemetery, Bulgaria Spec.Mem. ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Royal Artillery​

born 17.8.1920 Darjeeling, India​

resided Buckinghamshire​

son of Edward J.Thompson (1886-1946)(missionary and poet)​

son of Edward John and Theodosia Jessup Thompson, Halifax, Yorkshire​

educated Winchester and New College, Oxford​

member of Communist Party​

joined Royal Artillery 1940​

Phantom 1942 - September 1943 (Lt - Captain)​

memoir "There is a Spirit in Europe:a Memoir of Frank Thompson"(T.J. and E.P.Thompson - 1947)​

POW - executed Bulgaria (SOE op.Mulligatawny)​

served Phantom as Lieutenant and Captain (left Sep 1943) ​

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