Lodewijk Thomson
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Lodewijk Thomson | |
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 Prince Wilhelm of Wied, Isa Boletini and officers of the International Gendarmerie: Duncan Heaton-Armstrong and Colonel Thomson near Durres in June 1914 | |
| Birth name | Lodewijk Willem Johan Karel Thomson |
| Allegiance | Royal Netherlands Army |
Lodewijk Willem Johan Karel Thomson (Voorschoten (Netherlands), 11 juni 1869 – Durrës (Albania) 15 juni 1914) was an Dutch militairy commander and politician.[1]
Thomson is best known as the first Dutch soldier on a peacekeeping was killed. Lodewijk Thomson was a child of Bernard and Mary Heidenreich Thomson Wilhelmina Carpenter Meerdervoort and comes from a family of English origin.
Life
- In 1888 Thomson graduated affect the Royal Military Academy. In 1891, he began training as a cartographer.
- In 1893 Thomson left with the rank of first lieutenant of infantry to Batavia. In the East Thomson has been involved in the fighting in Aceh.
- On November 29 1895 he married Arnhem with Lamberhurst Tine Henriette Slotemaker (In the family were born two daughters, a young daughter is deceased).
- In 1896 he returned to the Netherlands.
- In 1900 Thomson spent some time in South Africa as a military attaché of the Dutch government during the Boer War.
Probably because of its efficient approach for the monitoring of the track during the railroad strikes of 1903 the same year he was promoted to captain.
Memory
The Trees and Bloemenbuurt of The Hague in 1914 were the Square and the Thomson Thomson Avenue named after him. On September 14, 1918 revealed his daughter Marie Thomson at Thomson Place a memorial to her father, designed by the sculptor Charles van Wijk and after his death completed by Eagle Ode. The monument was funded from a collection by a national committee, supported by local subcommittees.
In Groningen, the Thomson Street to Thomson said. This was around the end of 2000 created and built at the site of the former Rabenhaupt Barracks. Close the street on the Hereweg, is a bust of Thomson, which from 1919 to 2002 at the Southern Cemetery was.
At a central place in the city of Durrës in Albania is also a bust of Thomson. This bust comes with both Albanian and Dutch caption that reads: Tribute to the Dutch hero of Durazzo (Italian Durazzo is the name of Durrës). The downstream café with terrace is also named after Thomson.