Background
Thompson, Cecil Vincent Raymond was born on January 3, 1906 in London, England. Son of Edward Raymond and Elsie Mabel (Watts) Thompson.
Thompson, Cecil Vincent Raymond was born on January 3, 1906 in London, England. Son of Edward Raymond and Elsie Mabel (Watts) Thompson.
Educated Taunton School, Somerset, England, 1916-1919, Westminster School, London, 1919-1925.
Reporter for the London Daily Express, 1926-1928, sub-editor, 1928-1929, assistant news editor, 1929-1933, American correspondent since 1933. President Foreign Press Association, 1944-1945. Received Selfridge award for descriptive writing, 1931.
Married Dixie Tighe, April 7, 1934. Married second, Sallyann Meenan, 1946. Children: Susan, East. Raymond.