Six: Captain J. W. Thompson, Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps, late Gordon Highlanders, King’s Own Scottish Borderers and Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders

1914-15 Star (S-18129 Pte. J. W. Thompson, Cam’n Highrs); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt. J. W. Thompson); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., robed bust, Ceylon, with Second Award Bar (C.Q.M.S. J. W. Thompson, C.P.R.C.), mounted as worn, very fine and better (6) £320-380

John William Thompson first entered an active theatre of war when he embarked for France on 8 July 1915. He is thought to have served with 7th Battalion, Cameron Highlanders, prior to being commissioned in 1917 and thereafter serving with 5th Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers, and later 52nd Gordon Highlanders. Post-war he worked and lived in Ceylon, where he served with the Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps, earning an Efficiency Medal and Bar, as well as the Defence and War Medals after being mobilized for the defence of Ceylon from Japanese attack.