Tiny French village Fosseux has paid its annual tribute to Pte William Thompson
Sunderland Echo
Sunderland Echo
  • 2 years ago
Tiny French village Fosseux pays annual tribute to Pte William 'Willie' Thompson,who was wounded by machine gun fire on May 21, 1940, and died soon afterwards in the village.
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