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THOMPSON, WILLIAM MAXWELL, brother of Harry Arthur Hale Thompson (qv); b. 18 Nov 1869; adm. 26 Jan 1882 (H); RMA Woolwich 1888; 2nd Lieut., Royal Engineers 3 Mar 1889; Lieut., 3 Mar 1892; Capt., 3 Mar 1900; Maj., 14 Nov 1908; Lieut. -Col., 31 Dec 1916; retd. 1921; served on Chile-Argentina Boundary Commission 1902-3, at Gibraltar 1914, Dardanelles 1915 and at home; DSO 18 Dec 1917; mentioned in despatches; m. 18 Jul 1900 Frances Helen, dau. of Rev. Charles Bull, Leamington, Warwicks.; d. at sea 19 Dec 1934.

Thompson, Robert Massina, son of Robert A. Thompson, of Westminster; b. March 30, 1893; adm. Sept. 28, 1905 (H); left July 1907.

THOMPSON, HARRY ARTHUR HALE, eldest son of Col. Henry Masterman Thompson, Clarence Parade, Southsea, Hampshire, Governor of the Duke of York’s School, and Mary Hale, eldest dau. of Frederick Mortimer Lewin, Bexley, Kent; b. 25 Apr 1866; adm. from Univ. Coll. School 23 Jan 1880 (H); left Dec 1883; 2nd Lieut., East Surrey Regt., 5 Feb 1887; Lieut., Indian Staff Corps 31 Jul 1888; Capt., 5 Feb 1898; Maj., 5 Feb 1905; Lieut. -Col., 5 Feb 1913; retd. 6 Feb 1913; Commandant, Naga Hills Military Police 1900-5; served in Manipur expedition 1891, on North-Western frontier 1897-8, and Tirah campaign 1897-8; served 1914-18 war, raising and commanding 13th batt. Notts and Derby Regt. 1915-6; m. 21 Sep 1899 Eleanor, dau. of Col. William Mould Temple VC LRCS (I) RAMC, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

Thompson, Sir Geoffrey Harington, son of Lieut.-Col. Croasdale Miller Thompson, I.M.S., by Ella Dalziel Harington; b. 12 Mar. 1898; adm. Jan. 16, 1913 (H); left Dec. 1915; acting Capt. R.F.A. (Spec. Res.) Sept. 26, 1918; served in France March -- June 1917 and Sept.- Nov. 1918; wounded at Voormezeele June 7, 1917; third secretary H.M. Diplomatic Service 1920; second secretary 1923; counsellor 1943; H.B.M. Minister, Bangkok 1946-7 and Ambassador 1947-50; civilian instructor, Imperial Defence Coll. 1950-51; Ambassador to Brazil 1952-6; retired 1957; a director of the Atlas Assurance Co.; C.M.G. 1933; K.C.M.G. 1949; G.B.E. 1957; author of Front Line Diplomat (1959); m. 1st 1926, Louisa Sewell, of Englewood, New Jersey, U.S.A.; 2nd 1943, Hilda Alice, daughter of the Rev. D. Westcott, D.D.; d. 26 Jan. 1967.

THOMPSON, ARNOLD THEWLIS, only son of Rev. Robert Boyle Thompson, Vicar of Pudsey, Yorks., and Hannah, dau. of Nathan Thewlis, Lane House, Holmfirth, Yorks.; b. 1 Mar 1869; adm. 23 Sep 1880 (H); left May 1882; went to Leeds GS; Corous Christi Coll. Oxford, matr. 20 0ct 1888; BA 1892; MA 1895; ordained 1893; Curate, Selby Abbey, Yorks., 1893-5; held other curacies; Vicar of Myton on Swale, Yorks., 1902-6; Rector of Croxton and Vicar of Eltisley, Cambs., 1906-12; Rector of Ashleworth, Gloucs., 1918-31; Rector of Church Brampton, Northants, 1931-.

Thacker, Thomas William, son of Arthur Thacker, of Bayswater, by Emma Georgina, daughter of Edmund Adolphus Kirby, of Bournemouth; b. May 20, 1879; adm. Jan. 18, 1894 (H); left July 1896; adm. a solicitor July 1903; m. 1st July 2, 1904, Marion Isabel, daughter of Francis Stafford Pipe Wolferstan, of Tamworth, Staffs; 2nd Aug. 30, 1924, Irene Catherine, daughter of Marston Clarke Buszard, of Bayswater; d. April 10, 1926.

Teed, William Thomas Henry, son of Eng. Capt. Henry Richard Teed RN, of Wimbledon, and Frances Miriam, d. of Thomas Langston MD; b. 15 June 1917; adm. Jan. 1931 (H); left July 1935; Intell. Corps in WW2; Thomas Cook & Son; d. 8 Sept. 1957.

Taylor, Reginald Valentine, son of Reginald Taylor of Wembley and Joan, d. of Alexander Watson of Armadale, West Lothian; b. 3 May 1932; adm. Sept. 1947 (H); left July 1949; St John’s Coll. Camb., matric. 1952, rowed in Trial Eights 1954, BA 1955, MA 1959; CMS service in India 1965-70; a chartered accountant, ACA 1957, FCA; finance officer Inst. of Petroleum 1974-6 and 1985-; finance dir. Olympic Bearing 1976-80; partnership sec. Raffety Buckland, chartered surveyors, 1980-4; hon. treas. Leprosy Mission Internat. 1985-; m. 12 Dec. 1959 Edeltraut Margarethe, d. of Hermann Julius Olechnowitsch, local govt. officer in Lithuania; d. 27 Sept. 2012.

Taylor, Edgar Michael Seymour, son of Seymour Taylor, M.D., F.R.C.P., of St. Mary­lebone by Edith, eldest daughter of Edgar Wainwright Bishop, of Hendon, Middlesex; b. March 7, 1897; adm. Jan. 19, 1911 (H); left. July 1914; Trin. Coll. Camb.; 2nd Lieut. R.F.A. (T.F.) Sept. 20, 1915; Lieut. Dec. 20, 1917; acting Capt. July 16, 1918; served on the western front Aug. 1916 - Nov. 1918; mentioned in despatches L.G. May 21, 1918; M.C. Oct. 15, 1918; 2nd Lieut. R.A. (Regular Army from T.F.) Dec. 17, 1917; Lieut. Dec. 20, 1917; Capt. May 26, 1929; Major July 15, 1938; retired as Lieut.-Col.; m. Nov. 16, 1921, Marjorie, widow of Lieut. John Philip Morton Carpenter, R.F.A., and daughter of William Wallis Ord, M.D., O.B.E., of Salisbury; d. Feb. 26, 1952.

Taylor, Arthur Peach, son of Arthur Ernest Taylor, of Forest Hill, by Kate, daughter of John Burgess, of Forest Hill; b. Sept. 18, 1903; adm. May 4, 1916 (H); elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Samwaies) July 1922, matric. Michaelmas 1922; B.A. 1925; sometime a chemist engaged in the tanning extract industry in Corsica; chief chemist, Guard Bridge Paper Co. 1940-55; research chemist, Tullis Russell & Co. Ltd., Fife, since 1955; m. June 28, 1933, Simone Vacquin, of Limoges, France.