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Military service
Age:
32
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's)
Birth:
April 9, 1912
Gananoque, Ontario
Death:
March 5, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. F. 4.
Additional information
Son of Walter Treviskey Sampson and Pauline Sampson, brother of Gay of Gananoque, Ontario. B.A. (McGill).
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, France-Germany Star, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Walter Paul Sampson
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Gananoque Remembers
Gananoque, Ontario is a small town situated on the St. Lawrence River in the heart of 1,000 Islands. It is one of hundreds of communities throughout Canada with war memorials which commemorate more than 110,000 men and women who lost their lives during both world wars. Over a thousand citizens from Gananoque and surounding areas served in the navy, army, or air force: 83 lost their lives in parts of Canada, and in the battlefields of Europe. Among the dead of Gananoque include a 15 year old solider, a father of ten, four sets of brothers and a Victoria Cross winner. <P> Today the town cenotaph lists the names of those who died and few citizens are aware of their family backgrounds or their circumstances of their deaths. Geraldine Chase of Gannaoque and Bill Beswetherick of Kingston believed it was necessary to collect this information and perpetuate their sacrifices.<P> Gananoque Remembers book is a tribute to those who gave their lives for our freedom.<P> -
Memorial Page
W. Paul Sampson is honoured on page 153 of the <i>Gananoque Remembers</i> booklet, published on January 31, 2005. -
Group photo
McGill Boxing Club W. Paul Sampson in front row, second from right. -
Photo of Walter Sampson
W. Paul Sampson, McGill University. -
Memorial
Family memorial Gananoque Cemetery. Photo courtesy of Chris Andrew. -
Grave marker
Photo used with permission of Frans van Cappellen, Putten,The Netherlands -
Photo of Walter Paul Sampson
Lieutenant Walter Paul Sampson courtesy McGill University archives
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Lieutenant Walter Paul Sampson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Walter Paul Sampson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Walter Paul Sampson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Walter Paul Sampson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Walter Paul Sampson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Walter Paul Sampson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Walter Paul Sampson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 561 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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