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Military service
Service number:
487451
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
July 3, 1893
Summerside, Prince Edward Island
Enlistment:
November 25, 1915
Edmonton, Alberta
Death:
August 15, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of William P. and Mary Ann Thompson.
Digital gallery of Private George Albert Thompson
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Badge
Cap Badge 51st Bn (Edmonton). Private Thompson was originally a member of the 51st Bn before being sent to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder patch
Shyoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Memorial
This memorial marble shaft at lot 16, Cemetery, Highway 12, Miscouche, PE is dedicated to Private George A. Thompson and Gunner J. Herman Clarke, both killed during the First World War. It now serves veterans of the Second World War also. This monument was organized by Mrs. Edward Millar, and was unveiled by John Barrett a World War I veteran who served overseas. Funds for the monument were donated by area residents and businesses. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [front/devant] ERECTED TO THE LOVING MEMORY OF PTE. GEORGE A. THOMPSON 15TH CAN. BATT., KILLED AUG. 15, 1917, AGED 24 YRS GR. J. HERMAN CLARKE 8TH CAN. SEIGE BATTY., C.G.A., KILLED SEPT. 9, 1918, AGED 22 YRS. "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS" http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=2511 Photo Credit: Sgt. G.E. Gallant -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (front side). From archives 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (reverse side). From archives 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Memorial
"The Hill 70 memorial, erected by the 15th Battalion Memorial Project and the town of Benifontaine, was unveiled and dedicated on 22 September 2012. The memorial commemorates the actions of the 15th Battalion CEF, which was on the extreme left flank of the Canadian assault on Hill 70, on 15 August 1917 and the memory of those members of the Battalion who fell during the engagement. The memorial sits on what was then known as Bois Hugo, which the Battalion assaulted, captured and held against repeated German counterattacks." Photo submitted by the 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team. Dileas Gu Brath -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Private George Albert Thompson
Digital gallery of
Private George Albert Thompson
Digital gallery of
Private George Albert Thompson
Digital gallery of
Private George Albert Thompson
Digital gallery of
Private George Albert Thompson
Digital gallery of
Private George Albert Thompson
Digital gallery of
Private George Albert Thompson
Digital gallery of
Private George Albert Thompson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 338 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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