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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
436540
Age:
41
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
49th Bn.
Birth:
October 3, 1874
Manchester, England
Enlistment:
January 21, 1915
Edmonton, Alberta
Death:
September 15, 1916
France
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Additional information
Son of Charles and Anne Tomkinson, of Tan Llan, Llanddoget, Llanwrst, North Wales. Also served in Royal Navy from 1878 to 1905, retiring with rank of Chief Petty Officer.
Additional citations
Military Medal
Digital gallery of Private George William Tomkinson
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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)
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Private George William Tomkinson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 174 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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