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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
199199
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
102nd Bn.
Birth:
June 10, 1896
Long Lake, Thunder Bay, Ontario
Enlistment:
March 30, 1916
Fort William, Ontario
Death:
April 9, 1917
France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
A. 25.
Additional information
Son of Mary Ann Godchere of Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Additional citations
Military Medal, 'For gallant and distinguished conduct in reconnoitring and scouting under heavy shell and rifle fire after the attack...on the 9 April 1917. This man has always shown great coolness and daring while out on scouting patrols'.
British War Medal, Victory Medal
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Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery located on the grounds of the Vimy Memorial Park on Vimy Ridge, just outside of Neuville-St Vaast, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery
The Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery, located on the grounds of the Vimy Memorial Park on Vimy Ridge, just outside of Neuville-St Vaast, France.(J. Stephens) -
Grave marker
Private Thomas Godchere MM, 25 April 2018, Canadian Expeditionary Force Research Group, https://cefrg.ca
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Private Thomas Godchere
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Godchere
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Godchere
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Godchere
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Godchere
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Godchere
GIVENCHY ROAD CANADIAN CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
The Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery at Neuville-St Vaast is a small cemetery situated in the compound of the Vimy Memorial Park which contains the Vimy Memorial. The village of Neuville-St Vaast is in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, approximately 8 kilometres north of Arras on the N17 towards Lens. The cemetery is approximately 260 metres past Canadian Cemetery No.2 following the one-way system to rejoin the avenue leading back to the main road. The cemetery contains the graves of soldiers all of whom fell on the 9th April, 1917, or on one of the four following days. The cemetery covers an area of 849 square metres and is enclosed by a rubble wall. The numerous groups of graves made about this time by the Canadian Corps Burial Officer were, as a rule, not named but serially lettered and numbered. This cemetery was originally called CD 1.
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