Regiment: Somerset Light Inf.
Died: 09 August 1916 aged 29 in Belgium. Killed in action near Ypres.
Cemetery: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery IX A 14
Born 12th August 1887. Son of Paul Henry and Edith Mary Twinberrow Thompson, Llanishen, Cardiff.
Upper IV—Matriculation Class.
Solicitor 1911.
Great War, Private Public Schools' Batt. 1914; 2nd Lieutenant 3rd Somerset L.I. and 1st Bn. Somerset Light Infantry.
'Reginald Paul Thompson was at Malvern from 1902 to 1904. He made many friends at School, and did his best after leaving to keep up the circle, and to remain in touch with Malvern. He was articled to a solicitor in Worcester, and remained in this district till he left to start a practice in Cardiff. On the outbreak of war he joined the Public School Corps as a Private, and was commissioned in May 1915 to the Somerset Light Infantry, then at Plymouth. He acted as musketry instructor till he was transferred to the 1st Battalion in July last, and joined them in France.' (Malvernian, Nov 1916).
He died at No 10 Casualty Clearing Station from gas poisoning.
Service record:WO 339/48211