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Military service
Service number:
724671
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
4th Canadian Mounted Rifles (2nd Central Ontario Regt.)
Enlistment:
Kingston, Ontario
Death:
August 29, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. B. 14.
Additional information
Son of James and Emily Bocking, of London, England. Husband of Elizabeth Bocking, of Kingston, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Thomas Henry Bocking
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Blampie to Booth; Mircoform Sequence 11; Volume Number 131829_B016720; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 155 Page 337 of 762 -
Honour Roll
Honour Roll, Dominion Textile Company Ltd. Pte. Bocking's name appears as a member of their Kingston Branch. Source: The Standard / Canada's Aid to the Allies and Peace Memorial. Edited by Frederick Yorston. Published by the Montreal Standard Publishing Co., Ltd., Montreal. This large Souvenir Edition magazine included the Rolls of Honour for various prominent Canadian businesses. -
Honour Roll
Kingston Branch, Dominion Textile Company Ltd. -
Photo of Thomas Henry Bocking
I believe that this photo may be have taken while Thomas was recupertating from an injury in 1917. On the back is written the following: I dont look like I was well ah! -
Attestation Papers
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Attestation Papers
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From the British Whig, a Kingston, Ontario newspaper. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the British Whig, a Kingston, Ontario newspaper. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private Thomas Henry Bocking
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Henry Bocking
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Henry Bocking
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Henry Bocking
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Henry Bocking
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Henry Bocking
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 370 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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LIGNY-ST. FLOCHEL BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Ligny-St.Flochel is a village about 6.5 kilometres east of St.Pol on the main road to Arras. The distance from Ligny-St. Flochel to Arras is approximately 24 kilometres. The Ligny-St.Flochel British Cemetery is situated to the south of the village on the east side of the road to the village of Averdoingt.
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