SOE Thompson, William Frank

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Thompson ​

• FORENAME

William Frank ​

• UNIT

Force 133 SOE ​

• RANK

Major ​

• 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)​

educated Winchester and New College,Oxford​

member of the Communist Party​

poet​

joined Royal Artillery 1940​

GHQ Liaison Regiment (Phantom) 1942-September 1943​

former British Liaison Officer,Greece​

Op.Mulligatawny - POW May 1944 - executed by firing squad near Sofia,Bulgaria​

buried in common grave with 70 others​

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

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