{"id":1933,"date":"2013-12-27T13:55:57","date_gmt":"2013-12-27T13:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/?page_id=1933"},"modified":"2025-01-27T10:19:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T10:19:37","slug":"percy-langhorn-thompson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/percy-langhorn-thompson\/","title":{"rendered":"Percy Langhorn Thompson"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-1933\" data-postid=\"1933\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-1933 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_ac641ca tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_85e6130 first\">\n                    <!-- module box -->\n<div  class=\"module module-box tb_i8nh91 \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    <div class=\"module-box-content ui  tb_default_color\">\n                <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\"><h2><strong>Key Information<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Name:\u00a0<\/strong>Percy Langhorn Thompson<\/p>\n<p><strong>DoB:<\/strong>\u00a0October 16, 1886<\/p>\n<p><strong>Regt:\u00a0<\/strong>Durham L.I.,<\/p>\n<p><strong>DoD:\u00a0<\/strong>June 11, 1917<\/p>\n<p><strong>Academic Career<\/strong>: CGS 1904-06<\/p>\n<p><strong>Biographical Information:<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module box -->\n        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_fugy51 last\">\n                    <!-- module gallery -->\n<div  class=\"module gallery module-gallery tb_9ei9852 layout-slider  \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n                <div class=\"themify_builder_slider_vertical tf_rel\">\n                <div class=\"tf_swiper-container tf_carousel 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aria-expanded=\"true\">\n                                                            Family Background:                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-ef10826-0-content\" data-id=\"acc-ef10826-0\" aria-hidden=\"false\" class=\"accordion-content tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_aidm709\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_o13g709 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_o3u6709   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>Percy was the seventh child and fourth son of Robert Thompson and Jane Ann Langhorn. His father was an accountant. Older siblings included Isabella, George, Robert, Thomas, Ethel, and Laura and there was a younger brother, John. They lived at 1, Howard Place, very close to the school.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-ef10826-1\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-ef10826-1-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            Academic Record:                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-ef10826-1-content\" data-id=\"acc-ef10826-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_maa8709\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_wd5i709 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_umuv709   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>Percy was in the school cricket team in 1904 and 1905; the Rugby team in 1904 and 1905; and \u00a0football team in 1906.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-ef10826-2\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-ef10826-2-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            War Service:                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-ef10826-2-content\" data-id=\"acc-ef10826-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_foj1709\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_krj4709 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_w61h709   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Percy enlisted as a private in the 17th Middlesex Battalion (Public Schools Battalion) on April 30 1915. He travelled to France from Folkestone on April\u00a0221916. He was in Etaples until May 4 when he joined a French Mortar Battalion. On October 19 1916 he was sent back to England to join the Officer Cadet Unit. He joined the Battalion in\u00a0Oxford on December 1 1916. He was later gazetted (April 25 1917) as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Durham Light Infantry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In June 1917 the Durham Light Infantry was holding the line at Loos between Boyau 51 to Cameron Alley. A Coy Right Front, C Coy Left Front, B Coy in the village line and D Coy in Reserve battalion HQ at Tosh Keep. Percy Thompson was recorded as killed in action on June 11 1917, during the tour of duty in the trenches between June 9 and 18 . While his death is listed in the War Battalion Diary, the specific cause was not given. There was a raid during this time on German trenches on the 15th but he was reported killed by this time. There were patrols out before this, so that is a possible reason but if so, it would perhaps have been stated as he was a 2<sup>nd<\/sup>\u00a0lieutenant.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A letter from his father concerning his effects reads: \u201cI<em>\u00a0am having them sent to my son\u2019s residence, as at the present time, his mother could not bear the sight of these his effects coming home.<\/em>\u201d These effects included a wrist watch, a bracelet, a ring, a cheque book, a note case, and a half franc note which was a souvenir.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-ef10826-3\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-ef10826-3-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            Battalion:                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-ef10826-3-content\" data-id=\"acc-ef10826-3\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_8v7o709\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_npjm709 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_8bsr709   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>Durham Light Infantry.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-ef10826-4\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-ef10826-4-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            Other:                 <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-ef10826-4-content\" data-id=\"acc-ef10826-4\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_3lxl709\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_fgxa709 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_g3gm709   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>When he joined up Percy was working as a Solicitor.<\/p>\n<p>He spent 28 days in hospital in 1915 having suffered from acute appendicitis.<\/p>\n<p>The family had Psalm 121 verse 5\u00a0<em>\u201cThe Lord is thy keeper\u201d<\/em>\u00a0inscribed on his gravestone<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-ef10826-5\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-ef10826-5-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            Sources:                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-ef10826-5-content\" data-id=\"acc-ef10826-5\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_ists709\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_slvb709 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_qki4709   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Carlisle School Memorial Register 1264-1924<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">b)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Census:1911; 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