James Noel Thomson

Major General James Noel Thomson CB DSO MC (December 1888 – 3 May 1979) was a British Army officer who served during World War I and World War II.

[2] He served in France from 9 September 1914 mostly on the Staff during World War I, earning the Military Cross and, in 1917, the Distinguished Service Order, in addition to being mentioned in dispatches three times.

[3][4] The war over due to the Armistice of 11 November 1918, Thomson remained in the army during the interwar period, where, from 1919 to 1920, he served as adjutant at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, which was followed shortly after by his attendance at the Staff College, Camberley from 1920 to 1921.

[4] As part of Iraqforce (Paiforce), Major-General Thomson commanded the Indian 6th Infantry Division during Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran in 1941.

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