226097 Pte. Ernest George Thompson British Army 16th (Chatsworth Rifles) Btn. Sherwood Foresters Ernest Thompson was wounded in the left forearm on 25th March 1918, on the Amiens front and arrived at a CCS where wounds were dressed, and then he was sent to the No. 1 South African General Hospital. After 4 operations the arm was amputated and he was transported back to England on the Cambria to Roehampton were he was fitted with a artificial arm. He spent 4 months in hospital and when he left he set up home in Alfreton, Derbyshire were he owned a fruit shop for a number of years.
He married in 1924, he moved to Derby, then down to Hastings, and finally passed away in a home in 1998. Unfortunately, I never met my great uncle nor have a photo of him, but I am so glad I got someone to research this history for me.
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