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Auction: 21003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 450

Four: Captain B. A. Thompson, Special Investigation Branch, Royal Military Police, who won a G.O.C.'s Commendation in 1969 for arresting a villian armed with an explosive device in Singapore

Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya (22559489 Sgt. B. A. Thompson. R.M.P.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., Regular Army (22559489 W.O.Cl.2. B. A. Thompson. RMP.), mounted court-style as worn, edge bruising, very fine (4)

Bernard Arthur Thompson - or 'Tommy' to his friends and comrades - was born at Bow, Tower Hamlets on 31 May 1927 and served in the ranks of the Royal Military Police during the Second World War and in Malaya. He joined 93 Section, Special Investigation Branch, British Army of the Rhine in 1957 from Singapore as a Sergeant. He went to 5 Section (East Africa) in 1962 and was married in Nairobi whilst in Africa. Thompson joined S.I.B. Detachment Singapore as its Regimental Sergeant-Major (WO1) in 1968. It was in 1969 which he won his General Officer Commanding's Commendation for an action on the Changi Road, as recalled in the Regimental Journal:

'Congatulations to WO1 Thompson for risking his life in arresting a villian in possession of a dangerous explosive device, in which, incidentally, Sgt Cowell played a large part. The tension was terrific; it must have been; we forgot to reach for the shadow-roll.'

Having been commissioned, Thompson was advancecd Captain on 31 May 1974. Having retired from the Army to live at Fordingbridge, Hampshire, he was the Security Officer in the TV industry and died at Salisbury Hospital on 6 June 2005; sold together with copied research.

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Estimate
£240 to £280

Starting price
£190