| Tompson | Reginald Henry Dalrymple | | Lieutenant | TOMPSON, REGINALD HENRY DALRYMPLE, Lieutenant, was born 25 March 1879, son of Canon Reginald Tompson, Rector of St Mary Stoke, Ipswich. He was educated at Winchester, and Merton College, Oxford (BA, 1900; MA 1909), and entered the Army 26 May 1900, with a commission in the Royal Artillery, in which he became Lieutenant 9 April 1902. He was employed with the West African Frontier Force, 14 December 1901 to 10 May 1903, and served in the Aro Expedition, Southern Nigeria, 1901-2, for which he was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 12 September 1902]; received the Medal and clasp, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 12 September 1902]: "Reginald Henry Dalrymple Tompson, Lieutenant, Royal Artillery. For services during the Aro Expedition in Southern Nigeria". He was invested by the King 13 June 1903. He was also on active service in Southern Nigeria, 1902-3 (clasp). He became Captain 1 April 1911, and was Adjutant from the 5th of October 1912 to 18 January 1914; was promoted Major 30 October 1914. Major Tompson served in the European War, 1914-15, as Railway Transport Officer and Deputy Assistant Director of Railway Transport and DAQMG. He was mentioned in Despatches, and was awarded the Brevet of Lieutenant Colonel. Lieutenant Colonel Tompson married, in 1915, Bridget Dorothea, daughter of the Reverend F N Thicknesse, Rector of St George's, Hanover Square, and Prebendary of St Paul's, and Mary Sybilla Thicknesse.
Source: DSO recipients (VC and DSO Book) | Royal Artillery |
