Lieutenant-Colonel Robert McDonnell Thomson
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Thomson,
Robert McDonnell
Date of birth: 1869-07-04
Place of birth: Hamilton Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Janet Catherine Thomson (wife), 218 Oxford St, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Barrister
Occupation (normalized): Lawyer
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1916-10-08
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Albert Communal Cemetery Extension, I. P. I.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank:
Lieutenant-Colonel
(43rd Battalion)
Rank detail
Lieutenant-Colonel, 43rd Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Was wounded in the Courcelette area and whilst being transpoted from there to Tara Hill to a casualty clearing station the horse ambulance was truck by a bomb and the individual was killed.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 552341
LAC ID:
265309
Service file: B9655-S047
Uploader's Notes: Original commanding officer of the 43rd Battalion CEF, The Cameron Highlanders.
Uploader's Research notes: Lt Col Thomson was buried 2 days later on 10/10/1916 in Albert. From the war diary it would seem that the funeral was attended by the regiment who were now in billets. [Lieutenant Colonel Army Canadian Infantry 43rd Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2011-02-19