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Military service
Service number:
127268
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
September 12, 1895
Death:
August 15, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Private Robert Leslie Thompson
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Inscription
Inscription on the Vimy Memorial, France<P> Photo courtesy of J. Elliott/J. Rutledge, The Men of Huron WW1 Project -
Badge
Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt (ret'd) V. Goldman 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder patch
Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt (ret'd) V. Goldman 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (front side). From archives 48th Highlanders of Canadaa 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 Canadaa Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap Badge 71st Bn from Woodstock Ontario. Private Thompson enlisted with this unit but was sent to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. 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 -
Photo of Robert Leslie Thompson
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Robert Leslie Thompson
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Record of Service
15th Battalion Record of services card, front side. Submitted by the 15th Battalion CEF Memorial Project. Dileas Gu Brath
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Leslie Thompson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 338 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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