Citation(s);
Military service
Burial/memorial information
Son of John and Lillian Thomson, of Port Credit, Peel County, Ontario.
Brother of Lieutenant Douglas Cameron Thomson, who died on September 2, 1918 while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment).
Distinguished Service Order, London Gazette No. 29837 dated 24 November 1916 "For conspicuous gallanty in action. He commanded and handled his battalion under very trying circumstances with the greatest courage and ability. He has previously done very fine work." Military Cross, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Thomas Thomson
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Group Photo
Portrait of the Thomson brothers. Source: William Perkins Bull. "From Brock to Currie: the military development and exploits of Canadians in general and of the men of Peel in particular, 1791 to 1930." Toronto, 1935. -
Photo of Alexander Thomson
Photo from Records of the Fourth Canadian Infantry Battalion in the Great War. -
Document
Citations for MM and DSO fom Records of the Fourth Canadian Infantry Battalion in the Great War. -
Grave Marker
Grave Marker for Lt. Col. Thomson Courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England, 2009. -
Diary Entry
4th Battalion diary entry Courtesy of Wilf Schofield. -
Grave Marker
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
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Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. From the Annie Boyes collection courtesy of the Simcoe County Archives. http://www.simcoe.ca/dpt/arc -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. From the Annie Boyes collection courtesy of the Simcoe County Archives. http://www.simcoe.ca/dpt/arc -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram April 1919. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Thomas Thomson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Thomas Thomson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Thomas Thomson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Thomas Thomson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Thomas Thomson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Thomas Thomson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Thomas Thomson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Thomas Thomson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Thomas Thomson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 338 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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