Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of the late Albert Durrad, and now the son of Francis Anne Thompson, and stepfather Edward Charles Thompson. The 1911 census records, Edward C. Thompson, married 7 years and head of the family, a Fishmongers Carter, born 1870 in Bedford, and his wife Frances Anne, born 1864 in Leicester. The children were Francis Albert, stepson and a Rubber Company Clerk, born 1889 in Oadby, Leics., Phyliss Alien, stepdaughter and a Corset Factory Ironer, born 1894 in Armagh, Ireland, Robert Henry, stepson and a Boot and Shoe Shop Errand Boy, born 1896 in Oadby, Leics. and Margaret Emily, a Schoolgirl, born 1903 in Leicester. The family were residing at 33, Clarence Street, Market Harborough, Leics.