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Biographies
ADRIAN J, R. THOMSON
Corporal, 5th Batt, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
Corporal Adrian Thomson was the only surviving son of the late Major H. J.
Thomson, V.D., and Mrs. Thomson, formerly 41 Elgin Terrace, Dowanhill, and
now Ashgrove, Montford, Bute. While at School he was highly popular both with
his fellows and teachers. He was an enthusiastic member of the Cadet Corps,
and on the formation of B Company of the 6th H.L.I, as a Hillhead High School
unit he was one of the first to join. He had a high sense of duty and a passion
for service, and gave much of his leisure to the affairs of the Boys' Brigade, in
which he was an officer. When war broke out he did not wait for a commission
as he might well have done, in view of his education, character, and training,
but entered the ranks of the Camerons as a private. On the 25th September,
1915, when the Camerons covered themselves with deathless glory, he was reported
missing, and nothing has since been heard of him. Much sympathy is felt for
his widowed mother and sisters, all the more so as this is the second sacrifice
they have been called upon to make, an elder brother having been accidentally
killed by the explosion of a cannon during artillery practice at Troon several
years ago.
WILLIAM J.THOMSON
2nd Lieutenant, 3rd Batt. The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
William J. Thomson, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Thomson, I Kersland
Street, Hillhead, during his School career, was equally keen on his lessons and
games, and won distinction in both fields. His interest in Rugby continued to
the end, and he played several games during his period of training. He was
for several years a member of the Western Baths, and won many prizes for
diving and swimming. He was also a prominent member of the water polo team.
As an old School Cadet and Territorial of four years' service he might well have
waited for a commission, but he felt the call for men too urgent, and in
September, 1914, joined the Chamber of Commerce Battalion. During his period
of training at Troon he was asked to assist in the training of the Troon Citizen
Corps. His work there was so much appreciated that on leaving he was presented
by the members with a gold watch bearing a suitable inscription. In July, 1915,
he obtained a commission, and was posted to the 3rd Cameron Highlanders. In
August, 1916, he went to France, where he was attached to the 1st Camerons.
After a brief but crowded three months of service he was mortally wounded in
action on 18th November. The School mourns for him as a loyal son who main-
tained his interest in her to the last. He was twenty-seven years of age.
EMILE LUCIEN ROBERT-TISSOT
Private, Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)
Emile L. Robert-Tissot was the younger and only surviving son of the late
L. E. Robert-Tissot, M.A.(Oxon), for many years the distinguished Lecturer in
French at the Athenaeum, Glasgow, and of Mrs. Robert-Tissot, 7 Rupert Street.
At School Emile was not over-studious, nor was he keen on games, but both as
boy and man he had a love for things pure and beautiful and of good report.
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