Peter Thomson
| Rank | Driver T4/213862 | |
| Medals | British War Medal | |
| Regiment | Army Service Corps, 854 Company | |
| Military Service | It is very difficult to research soldiers who served in the Army Service Corps due to the difficulty in finding any records. In Thomson’s case it is made even more so by the fact that he died during the Salonika Campaign in the Balkans and the war diaries of the units which took part have not yet been digitized. | |
| Born | c1898, Glasgow | |
| Death | 15th September 1917 | |
| Circumstances of Death | Nothing is known of the circumstances of his death but the family grave stone records he ‘died on active service’ not that he was killed in action. This suggests he may have succumbed to disease. | |
| Age | 19 | |
| Burial | Struma Military Cemetery, III. A. 7 | |
| CWGC Information | None | |
| Parents | Thomas Thomson (c1854-1905) & Helen Chalmers (c1874-1934) | |
| Father's Occupation | Potato merchant (1901) | |
| Siblings | Mary (c1897-), Christine (1901-), Henry (c1903-) | |
| Spouse | Unmarried | |
| Education | Not known | |
| Occupation | Not known | |
| 1901 Census | 107 Parson Street, St Rollox, Glasgow | |
| 1911 Census | 107 Parson Street, St Rollox, Glasgow | |
| Home Address | Not known | |
| Glasgow Necropolis | Compartment Sextus Lair not known | |
| Other Memorials | None known | |
| Acknowledgements and Sources | Much of the information on which this profile is based is drawn from various internet sources which are listed below. The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis also wish to make full acknowledgement and thanks for the permitted use of any information or images generously supplied specifically for exhibition, publication or display in connection with The Roll of Honour and accompanying profiles to Ancestry, and Find my past. | |
Gallery
Peter Thomson Monument - Sextus
Credits
Compiled by Morag Fyfe, Historical and Genealogical Researcher for The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis.
