Harrogate Herald - 3rd March 1915
We regret to record the death of Captain Gilbert
Thompson, of the Connaught Rangers, who was killed in France on
February 24th, and whose name appeared in the list of
casualties published on Monday. A memorial service was held in
London on that day, and was attended by the members of the family.
Captain Thompson was the second of three sons
serving at the Front of Mr Reginald Thompson, of Loftus Hill,
Knaresborough, and grandson of the late Sir Matthew William
Thompson. He was born in 1873, and joined the Connaught Rangers
in 1899. he served eight years in India, and at the time of his
death was Adjutant to the Kensington Battalion of the London
Regiment. He married the second daughter of Mr D'Arcy Wyvill,
of Constable Burton and Denton Park, Yorkshire, and leaves one son
and two daughters.
Captain Thompson paid frequent visits to
Loftus Hill, and was well known in the district, where the news of
his death has been received with keen regret.
Harrogate Herald – 3rd March 1915
The head of the family of Captain Thompson,
of Loftus Hall, who has been killed in action, is closely associated
with the town of Wakefield.
Harrogate Herald - 3rd March 1915
W H Breare letter
Captain Thompson, of Loftus Hill, near Ferrensby, is also
reported, in this morning's papers, as killed.
