Donald Thompson ^32,82

   Cause of his death was Gassed in First World War. Apparently died from effects of this.

  General Notes:

Painter/Private KOYLI (marriage certificate and Len's birth certificate)

Assistant Keeper, Flatholm Light House, c/o Butes Docks Company, Cardiff. (from WW1 medal rolls)

2/5 King®s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
4th Reserves. No. 241055. Private. Enlisted 26/10/1914, Discharged 5/3/1918.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Military: Enlisted in King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 26 Oct 1914. ⁸³ Number 241055

• Residence, 3 Jan 1917, 25 Goodrich Street, East Dulwich, London. ³²

• Occupation: Painter/Private KOYLI, 3 Jan 1917. ³²

• Occupation: Private 2/5 Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (House Painter), 12 Mar 1917. ⁸²

• Residence, Abt 1918, Flatholm Lighthouse, England. ⁸⁴ According to Medal Rolls. Futher address "C/O Butes Docks Company, Cardiff, South Wales"

• Occupation: Assistant Keeper, Abt 1918, Flatholm Lighthouse, England. ⁸⁴

• Military: Discharged from King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 5 Mar 1918. ⁸⁴ Cause of discharge:
ao 265/17 2b1 w

Army Order 265 of September 1917 pertains to the issue of the Silver War Badge. Paragraph 2 refers to classes of individual entitled to the badge and b(1) specifically to those "who, having served as soldiers and being still of military age have been discharged after service overseas in the armed forces of the Crown, on account of disablement or ill-health caused otherwise than by misconduct."

Donald married Ann Harriet Rouson, daughter of Edward Thomas Rouson and Jessica Emma Willis, on 3 Jan 1917 in St Clement Church, East Dulwich, London.³² (Ann Harriet Rouson was born on 30 Apr 1891 in Lee Mill Bridge, Plympton St Mary, Devon ⁸⁵ and died on 26 Apr 1974 in 18 Camperdown Street, Stoke, Plymouth, Devon ⁸⁶.) The cause of her death was Carcinonatosis; Carcinoma of rectum.