Robert Thomson was born and lived in Glasgow, he enlisted in The King’s Own Scottish Borderers and volunteered for airborne forces. At first with 151 Bn.
Corporal Thomson successfully completed parachute training at RAF Chakrabati, India, and was posted to 12th (10th Battalion, The Green Howards [Yorkshire Regiment]) Battalion, the Parachute Regiment, and took part in Operation Overlord (Normandy).
Cpl Thomson was killed in action on 12 June 1944, aged 29, and was given a field burial at Breville and was re-interred in Ranville War Cemetery, Calvados, France, on 5 July 1945.
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