James Noel Thomson
Major-General James Noel Thomson, was a British Army officer who served during the First and Second World Wars.
Military career
Born on 25 December 1888, James Noel Thomson was educated at Fettes College, and later attended the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, from where he was commissioned into the Royal Field Artillery in 1909. He served in France from 9 September 1914, mostly on the Staff, during the First World War, being awarded the Military Cross and, in 1917, the Distinguished Service Order, in addition to being mentioned in despatches three times.Thomson remained in the army during the interwar period, where he served as adjutant at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, from 1919 o 1920, which was followed shortly after by his attendance at the Staff College, Camberley from 1920 to 1921 and the Imperial Defence College in 1932.
As part of Iraqforce, Major-General Thomson commanded the Indian 6th Infantry Division during Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran in 1941. He retired a colonel on 14 August 1946.