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Capt. R. W. Thompson
Reginald William Thompson (1904-1977) was an English author and war correspondent.
Educated at Merchant Taylors’ School in Northwood, Hertfordshire, he worked as a Lloyds marine broker from 1921-1...view moreReginald William Thompson (1904-1977) was an English author and war correspondent.
Educated at Merchant Taylors’ School in Northwood, Hertfordshire, he worked as a Lloyds marine broker from 1921-1925 and began to write professionally while travelling in Argentina and Australia. He worked as an author and feature writer on UK depressed areas from 1930-1939 and then as a special correspondent with The Morning Post, for which he covered the Gran Chaco War, from 1935-1936.
On the outbreak of WWII in 1939 he joined the fire brigade and enlisted in the ranks in 1940. He was promoted to Captain in 1941 and transferred to the Intelligence Corps for training. In 1944 he worked as a censor and a report writer on the mental and physical health of the ‘D’ Day forces, and later that same year was released from the Army to work as war correspondent for The Sunday Times in Western Europe.
He travelled extensively in post-war Europe and attended the Nuremberg trials. He was employed as a war correspondent for the Daily Telegraph during the Korean War. In 1951 he settled in Suffolk, England to write full time on military subjects.
He died in 1977.view less