James and Elizabeth Thompson, had a son named Ernest (born Dec 1905), in 1941 he was serving as Sapper Ernest Thompson with the 7 Bomb Disposal Coy., Royal Engineers stationed in Bristol. On the 27th march 1941, he was one of 8 members of the Company to be killed whilst defusing bombs that had been dropped during the blitz.
His death occurred at 13:30 hours when a delayed action bomb exploded. He was buried a few days later on the 30th march at Plymouth Weston Mill Cemetery. At the time of his death he was married to Ellen Jane Thompson, (nee Worral), whom he had married in 1928.
His parents James and Elizabeth Thompson are the same Thompsons who lived at 64 Waterloo Road, Widnes.
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