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Born in Edinburgh on 15 May 1882, the 3rd son of Andrew Thomson, a timber-merchant of Edinburgh, Alan was educated at Edinburgh Academy (1888-1900) and then Corpus where he achieved a degree in Aegrotat Literae Humaniores in 1904; BA 1904 and also won the Carnegie Shield (golf) in 1902. He then became a writer to the Signet and married Alice, daughter of Robert Weir, in 1914 before he enlisted on d 19 June 1915. He is also listed on the Tyne Cot Memorial.