Service Details
Name:
 TOMPSON
Given Name:
 RONALD FAWCETT CARRIER
Initials:
 R F C
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Grenadier Guards
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Unit:
 4th Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1916-09-11
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Age:
 32
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, by the bursting of a shell in the trench which his Battalion was holding
Additional
Information:
Son of Edward Carrier Smith Tompson (O.H.) and Frances Rosa Tompson, of Round Coppice, Iver Heath, Bucks. Educated Trinity College, Oxford. Went to British East Africa, where he took up farming. Lieutenant Tompson returned home from East Africa on the declaration of war and received a Commission in the Grenadier Guards. He left for France on December 31st, 1915. He was promoted Lieutenant in the Gazette of November 11th, 1916, dating back to January 26th, 1916. A brother-officer wrote: "He was without doubt the most popular member of our Company. With his men he was just the same, and there was not one who would not have done anything he asked him." ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 GUILLEMONT ROAD CEMETERY, GUILLEMONT
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Grave Reference:
 IX. A. 1.

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