Richard Thompson

Bank: London County & Westminster Bank

Place of work: London Camberwell branch

Died: 16 June 1917

Richard Seward Thompson was born on 30 December 1896, the son of Captain Richard Taylor Thompson and his wife Lilian. In August 1914, when he was 17 years old, Thompson went to work for London County & Westminster Bank.

In December 1915 Thompson left his job at the bank's London Camberwell branch to join the army. By 1917 he was a Second Lieutenant in the London Regiment. He died in France on 16 June 1917. He was 20 years old.