In Memory Of

THOMPSON, GEORGE MASTERMAN

Service Details
Age:
 24
Date of Birth:
 1890-02-21
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit:
 1st Bn.
Unit 2:
 and General List
Regiment:
 Royal Scots
Date of Death:
 1914-08-22
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, while attempting to storm the German trenches, on the enemy's left, at Chra Village
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 WAHALA CEMETERY
Country:
 Togo
Additional Information
Decorations:
 Croix de Guerre with Palms (France)
Son of Col. George William Thompson, (Commanding Royal Scots), and Mrs G. W. Thompson, of Beechwood, Burley, Hants. Born Eshowe, Zululand. 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. Commemorated on War Memorial in Burley, Hampshire