2190500 Sergeant Robert William Thompson
Killed/died of wounds/other causes as the result of
operation ‘Market’
Born on: 30 Jan 1910
Died on: 19 Sep 1944
Died at: Battle of Arnhem
Aged: 34
Buried at: First buried at Heijenoord/Calunastraat (Arnhem), now
Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 28.C.10.
Rest in Peace Sergeant Thompson:
11th Bn. Parachute Regt., A.A.C.
Son of
Herbert Thompson and Daisy Bessie Louise Thompson (née Faro); husband of Vera Marie Thompson (née Gush), of Wembley Park, Middlesex.
Thanks to R.P. “Bob” Hilton;
Diana Andrews; Allan Brown; Andrew Blacklock; Jon Baker; John Howes; Graham Francis; Bob Gerritsen; Darren
Wielink; Maarten Lenssen; Judith Minkman; Philip Reinders; Hans den Brok; many 11th Battalion veterans; family, next of kin
and friends; staff of the Airborne Museum Hartenstein Oosterbeek; Airborne Assault Museum Duxford; and Gerrit Pijpers OBE without whom
this website would not have been possible.