Robert Bruce Thomson

Died: 9 July 1940, Glasgow

The Falkirk Herald chess column of 17 July 1940 stated that Mr Thomson was aged 70 at the time of his death, and had been a member of Glasgow CC and Burns CC (Glasgow). The GlasgowHerald chess column of 13 July 1940 added that Mr Thomson had been a member of the West of Scotland team that won the British Districts Correspondence Chess Championship in 1924, and that he was known in golfing and musical circles.

Alan McGowan
Historian, Chess Scotland