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|branch= [[British Army]]<br />
|serviceyears= 1909–1946<br />
|rank= [[Major-general (United Kingdom)|Major-General]]<br />
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|unit= [[Royal Field Artillery]]<br />
|commands= [[6th Infantry Division (India)|6th Indian Infantry Division]] (1941–43)<br />
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[[Major-general (United Kingdom)|Major-General]] '''James Noel Thomson''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100|sep=,|CB|DSO|MC}} (25 December 1888 – 3 May 1979) was a [[British Army]] officer who served during the [[First World War|First]] and [[Second World War]]s.<br />
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==Military career==<br />
Born on 25 December 1888, James Noel Thomson was educated at [[Fettes College]],{{sfn|Smart|2005|p=308}} and later attended the [[Royal Military Academy, Woolwich]], from where he was [[Officer (armed forces)|commissioned]] into the [[Royal Field Artillery]] in 1909.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28282|page=6447|date=24 August 1909}}</ref> He served in France from 9 September 1914, mostly on the Staff, during the [[First World War]], being awarded the [[Military Cross]] and, in 1917, the [[Distinguished Service Order]], in addition to being [[mentioned in despatches]] three times.<ref>The Half-Yearly army List January 1933</ref>{{sfn|Smart|2005|p=309}}<br />
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Thomson remained in the army during the [[interwar period]], where he served as [[adjutant]] at the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]], from 1919 o 1920, which was followed shortly after by his attendance at the [[Staff College, Camberley]] from 1920 to 1921 and the [[Royal College of Defence Studies|Imperial Defence College]] in 1932.{{sfn|Smart|2005|p=309}}<br />
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As part of [[Iraqforce]] (Paiforce), Major-General Thomson commanded the [[6th Infantry Division (India)|Indian 6th Infantry Division]] during [[Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran]] in 1941. He retired a colonel (honorary major general) on 14 August 1946.<ref>London Gazette 13 August 1946</ref><br />
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==Family==<br />
Thomson was the son of Sarah Elizabeth (née Stuart) and James Thomson, Iron founder of Old Machar. In 1929 he married Lorna Carmen Buck at Shimla, daughter of Anne Margaret (née Jennings) and Sir Edward John Buck, a Special Correspondent of Reuter's Press Agency and author of ''Simla, Past and Present''.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
*{{cite book| first=Nick| last=Smart| title=Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War| isbn=1844150496| year=2005| location=Barnesley| publisher=Pen & Sword}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://generals.dk/general/Thomson/James_Noel/Great_Britain.html Generals of World War II]<br />
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