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Chester William Percival Thompson

Chester William Percival Thompson
Chester William Percival Thompson CREDIT: Ancestry Family Tree

A Skipper with H.M. Drifter Willing Boys, Chester died on 27th of November 1942 at the age of 37.

Chester was born at Kessingland on 8 July 1905, a son of Alexander John and Jane Elizabeth Thompson. In 1911 his family lived at 3 Lakenham Cottages, Beach Street, Pakefield, and, by 1921 they were living at 10 Lovewell Road and this was still the family home in 1939. 

Lived at

Chester Thompson
18
Eastern Way
Lowestoft
United Kingdom

52.476812, 1.7363484

CountryOfService
United Kingdom
BranchService
Naval
Regiment
Royal Naval Reserve
Burial/Memorial
United Kingdom
LOWESTOFT (NORMANSTON DRIVE) CEMETERY
Sec. 25. Grave 525.

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David Stanfield (not verified) Sat, 06/01/2024 - 07:05

Hi Robert, are we related/. Chester was my uncle (the brother of my mother Eileen). I visited his grave a couple of yeas ago when I was back in Lowiestoft. His brother (George) was killed on Decmeber 25 1939 off Blyth, Northumberland, by a mine laid by a Germa. U-boat. My parents were married on December 25.

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