 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Thompson akashanda somupfuri wematombo nomupfuri wematombo paEmma Colliery, Ryton. Akanyoresa semushandi muScottish Guards muna February 1917, panguva yeHondo Yenyika Yokutanga. Mwedzi miviri gare gare, munununa wake Charlton akaurayiwa muFrance paaishumira neDurham Light Infantry. Thompson akabatanidzwa muHondo yeSambre-Oise Canalmusi wa 4 November 1918, uye akaurayiwa muhondo paBermeries mazuva maviri gare gare, mazuva mashanu chete pamberi pechirongwa chokumisa hondo. Akanga ari mumwe wevatambi venhabvu vaviri vekupedzisira veChirungu kufa muhondo, achifa pazuva rimwe chetero naGeorge Lake. Akavigwa muBermeries Communal Cemetery. 