Brigadier Thomas Haddon was a British Army officer who served with the airborne forces during the Second World War, most notably during Operation Market Garden in September 1944. Following the war he raised the Singapore Military Forces and served as Chief of Staff of Hong Kong Land Forces.
While on a visit to the 1st Airborne Division in March 1944, H.M. The King George VI inspects lightweight compact rations, designed to provide a balanced diet for airborne troops. Stood to his right is Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Haddon, CO of the 1st Battalion, Border Regiment, while Lieutenant-General Frederick Browning, GOC I Airborne Corps, stands two away from him while Brigadier Phillip Hicks, CO of the 1st Airlanding Brigade, is to Browning's left.
British paratroopers at Oosterbeek
Hamilton Academy was a school in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Anne, Duchess of Hamilton, by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Hamilton Collection, Lennoxlove
The old school building of 1714–1848
Former pupil, William Cullen, 1710–90, celebrated chemist and physician, and a founding member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Royal Medical Society
The missionary and explorer David Livingstone who presented the awards at Hamilton Academy's annual prize-giving on his return from Africa in 1864
