Lieutenant GEORGE MASTERMAN THOMPSON
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Scots
1st Bn.
Date of Death
Died 22 August 1914
Age 24 years old
- Secondary Unit, Regiment and Gold Coast Regiment, W.A.F.F.
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Additional Info Croix de Guerre with Palms (France). Son of Col. George William Thompson, (Commanding Royal Scots), and Mrs G. W. Thompson, of Beechwood, Burley, Hants. The First British Officer killed in action in the war. A Special French Army Order was published on 20th October commending his gallantry and the fine example he gave to the French soldiers temporarily under his command.
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