THOMPSON, Terence David
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Rank:
Captain
Unit / Base:
'3 Commando Brigade, Royal Marines'
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
N016906V
Born:
Friday, March 19, 1937
Died :
Saturday, April 10, 1976
Died in service
Age:
39
Cemetery/Memorial:
Captain Terence David Thompson died during the 1976 Army Everest Expedition. An experienced mountaineer and climbing instructor he was killed in a crevasse accident on the mountain.
The Thompson Trophy, donated by the RN and RM Mountaineering Club of which he was a member, is awarded annually to the best all round student on the Mountain Leaders Course at 45 Commando Group.
Sources:
AFM ROH
Navy News July 1977, p8.
The Climbers Journal issue 98.
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