Thomas Armour

Bank: The Royal Bank of Scotland

Place of work: Head Office, Edinburgh

Died: 12 April 1918

Thomas Elliot Armour was born in Livingston in 1890, the son of Harry Armour, an oilworks manager, and his wife Margaret Elliot Armour. He worked in the branch inspection department of the Royal Bank of Scotland, at its head office in Edinburgh.

During the First World War Armour joined the Royal Flying Corps (later the Royal Air Force), serving as an Air Mechanic (Second Class). He was posted to the Royal Air Force Repair Shops in France, and died there of pneumonia on 12 April 1918. He was 27 years old.

Thomas Armour is commemorated on a bank war memorial at 36 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh.