Thomson, Gilmour West, son of Hugh James Thomson, stockbroker, of Chislehurst, Kent, and Ethel Maud, d. of Thomas Joseph West, marine engineering sales manager, of Chislehurst; b. 25 Dec. 1912; adm. Apr. 1926 (R); left Apr. 1931; a certified accountant 1937, FCCA; RA (TA) 1938, commissioned 1942 (Capt.), served Dunkirk and N. Africa; dir. Kentish & Thomson Ltd, Croydon, 1946; ACIS 1947; financial dir. K. J. Motors Group 1959; m. 5 Sept. 1936 Kathleen Sarah, d. of Charles Henry Jenner, insurance official, of Chislehurst; d. 8 Jan. 1999.
THOMSON, GEORGE JAMES CRAWFORD, son of Rev. William Yalden Thomson DTheol (Giessen), Vicar of St. Andrew’s, Watford, Herts.; b. 19 Jun 1856; adm. 16 Jun 1870 (G); left Aug 1872; London Univ.; St. Thomas’s Hospital; MRCS and LSA 1879; MB Durham 1881; MD 1894; medical practitioner, West Kensington; m. 20 Apr 1882 Beatrice Eveline, youngest dau. of Daniel Haywood, The Boltons, South Kensington; d. 4 Apr 1934.
Thomson, George Alexander, son of George Thomson, M.B., of Ealing; b. Jan. 25, 1903; adm. Jan. 17, 1918 (A); left Dec. 1920.
THOMSON, CHARLES, eldest son of Charles Thomson KC, barrister, Bencher Lincoln’s Inn, and Anne Dalziel, only dau. of Robert Thomson, St. Kitts, West Indies; b.; adm.; in school lists May and Oct 1803; KS (aged 12) 1804; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1808, adm. pens. 28 May 1808, readm. as pens. 10 Feb 1812; BA 1815; MA 1819; adm. Lincolnís Inn 3 May 1816, called to bar 24 Nov 1819; Attorney-Gen., Leeward Islands; Registrar in Bankruptcy, Liverpool; d. 19 Mar 1848.
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, MICHAEL, son of Benjamin Thompson, Middle Temple, London; b. 30 Jan 1664/5; at Merchant Taylors’ Sch. 1673-7; adm.; KS 1679; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1684, matr. 16 Dec 1684, Westminster Student from 15 Dec 1684, Tutor 1696-9, Junior Censor 1694-5, Senior Censor 1696-7, Catechist 1699; BA 1688; MA 1691; d. 11 Sep 1700. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.
Thompson, Michael Stephen, youngest son of Henry Lewis Thompson (q.v.); b. Oct. 11, 1881; adm. Sept. 24, 1896 (R); left July 1899; Central Technical Coll. South Kensington 1900-2; asst. engineer, Great Central Railway, 1902-8, Sudan Govt. Railways 1909-12; asst. director of Egyptian Public Works 1912-5; Assoc. M.Inst.C.E. Feb. 4, 1908; chief engineer, Palestine Railways, 1920-3; deputy chief engineer, Anglo-Spanish Construction Co., since 1924; temp. Capt. R.E. Sept. 18, 1917; served on the construction of military railways, Suez Canal, Sinai Desert, and Palestine 1915-20; demob. as Major; mentioned in despatches L.G. June 3, 1919; m. Dec. 11, 1912, Cecilia Margaret, daughter of James Henry Sprott, of Shrewsbury; M.I.C.E. 1928; sometime general manager, Santander-Mediterranean Railway, Spain; d. Feb. 23, 1955.
Thompson, Merrick Walter, son of Edwin Walter Thompson, stockbroker, of Blackheath, and Ethel Julia, d. of John Walter Pym Brown; b. 15 Apr. 1921; adm. Jan. 1935 (R); left July 1939; RA 1941-5 (Capt.); a stock jobber's clerk; m. 9 July 1949 Joy Dorothea, d. of Bernard Stanley Farnfield, HM Bickley Hall Sch., Kent; d. May 1988.
Thompson, Maurice Alfred, son of the Rev. George Alfred Thompson, Head Master of the Grammar School, Horsham, Sussex; b. June 6, 1896; adm. as K.S. Sept. 22, 1910; left (with a Triplett exhibition) Dec. 1914; Clare Coll. Camb. (adm. pensr. 1915); matric. 1915; Bell Scholar 1915; 1st class Math. Tripos, pt. i, 1919; B.A. 1921; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. Royal Sussex Regt. Jan. 13, 1915; Lieut. R.G.A.; wounded at High Wood Aug. 20, 1916, and at Busigny Oct. 26, 1918; 2nd Lieut. R.A. July 15, 1940; transferred to R.A.C. Nov. 21, 1941; d. 1961.