Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Wittebergen (6287 Pte R. F. C. Thompson, 62nd Coy Imp: Yeo:) very fine £80-£100

Roland Francis Croisdale Thomson [sic] was born in Belfast, County Antrim in November 1875. He was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and the High School, Dublin. He ‘joined the Middlesex Yeomanry about 1896, took part in the South African War 1900-1901 [Invalided], transferring into the Imperial Yeomanry, and saw much service in Cape Colony, went to British Columbia in 1911, and settled at Ritt Meadows, where he bought land and went in for poultry farming; volunteered for Imperial service, and joined the 47th Battn. Canadian Infantry in Aug. 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France from June, 1916, transferring into the 14th Battn., and was killed in action at Kilowra Trench, Courcellette, 26 Sept. 1916. Buried where he fell. A comrade wrote: “He was a fine chap, cool and brave in action, patient and enduring hardships without complaining, and always making the best of everything.”

Private Thomson is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.

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