Assassination of Thomas Lambert

Date: June 20, 1921 • Location: Athlone, Ireland

British Army officer Thomas Stanton Lambert was assassinated by the Irish Republican Army near Moydrum, Ireland.

Major-General Thomas Stanton Lambert was a British Army officer who served in the First World War. He joined the East Lancashire Regiment in 1891 and held a succession of regimental and staff positions in the pre-war period. During the First World War, Lambert took part in the retreat from Mons and afterwards commanded his regiment's 1st Battalion at the First Battle of the Marne and the First Battle of the Aisne. He later commanded the regiment's 2nd Battalion and, temporarily, the 24th Infantry Brigade. He was placed in command of the 69th Infantry Brigade in March 1916 and from May 1918 commanded the 32nd Division. Lambert was mentioned in despatches five times for his work during the war and was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George and a Companion of the Order of the Bath.