Julian Thompson

Julian Thompson may refer to:

Julian Thompson (cricketer)

Julian Barton de Courcy Thompson is a former cricketer, and also a medical doctor. Born in Cape Town in 1968, Thompson first qualified as a doctor before, at the age of 25, embarking on a career in county cricket with Kent County Cricket Club.

In his cricketing career, Thompson took 122 first-class wickets, as a right arm medium fast bowler, with a best of 7-89 and an average of 25.43. With the bat, he made two first-class fifties, with a high score of 65 not out, and averaged 18.82.

He was named Kent's player of the year for 1999, but wasn't able to appear at all in the 2000 season, due to knee injury and after two operations retired as a cricketer in 2001.

As a doctor, Thompson trained at Guy's Hospital.

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Julian Thompson (Royal Marines officer)

Major-General Julian Howard Atherden Thompson CB, OBE (born 7 October 1934) is a military historian and former Royal Marines officer who commanded 3 Commando Brigade during the Falklands War.

Education

Thompson was educated at Sherborne School.

Military career

Thompson joined the Royal Marines in 1952. During the 1960s he was deployed to Borneo for the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation. He was appointed commanding officer of 40 Commando in 1975 and commander of 3 Commando Brigade in 1981 and, in that role, was British land commander on the Falkland Islands during the first phase of the conflict ashore. He retired in 1986.

In retirement he has written extensively on the Falklands conflict and other aspects of British military history including the Iraq War. He is also a visiting professor at the department of War Studies, King's College, University of London.

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