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Leroy Herbert Thompson

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Leroy Herbert Thompson

Birth
Nyack, Rockland County, New York, USA
Death
30 Oct 1918 (aged 19)
York, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Burial
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
Lot 18399, Section 176
Memorial ID
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PLEASE NOTE: Mary Baker Thompson, who is listed as his mother, was his step-mother. His biological mother was Leila Alice Knapp who was born 17 September 1877 in Nyack, New York. Leila and William Richards Thompson were married on 27 April 1897 in West Hoboken, Hudson, New Jersey. Leila divorced William and married George Augustus Wyre 1865-1916 who had been a border at their home. Leila and George married in 1907 in New Jersey. They had a son Thaddeus Kenneth Wyre 1908-1967. Leila died on 21 May 1966 in Granada Hills, Lost Angeles, California.

▪︎ Information on Leroy for his bio can be found here : https://www.green-wood.com/2017/biographies-of-world-war-i-veterans-part-two/

▪︎ Contributor: Margaret Cashen (49105146)
PLEASE NOTE: Mary Baker Thompson, who is listed as his mother, was his step-mother. His biological mother was Leila Alice Knapp who was born 17 September 1877 in Nyack, New York. Leila and William Richards Thompson were married on 27 April 1897 in West Hoboken, Hudson, New Jersey. Leila divorced William and married George Augustus Wyre 1865-1916 who had been a border at their home. Leila and George married in 1907 in New Jersey. They had a son Thaddeus Kenneth Wyre 1908-1967. Leila died on 21 May 1966 in Granada Hills, Lost Angeles, California.

▪︎ Information on Leroy for his bio can be found here : https://www.green-wood.com/2017/biographies-of-world-war-i-veterans-part-two/

▪︎ Contributor: Margaret Cashen (49105146)

Inscription

Cadet Royal Air Force
May to October 1918
Died in Base Hospital
in Toronto, Canada
October 30, 1918
Aged 19 years

His Life For His Country
And His Soul to God



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