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Military service
Service number:
H/40697
Age:
36
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Winnipeg Rifles
Death:
June 8, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XIV. B. 3.
Additional information
Son of Edward James Thomas and Mary Anne Thomas, of Winnipeg, Manitoba; husband of Anne Thomas.
Digital gallery of Rifleman William David Thomas
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Photo of William Thomas
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Grave Marker
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Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of WILLIAM DAVID THOMAS
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Grave marker
Thomas's Grave Marker at BENY-SUR-MER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY ; Calvados, France (April 2017) -
Memorial
This monument is dedicated to the memory of the Canadian soldiers of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles and to all other Canadian combatants who played a part in the Liberation of Putot-en-Bessin on 7 June 1944. Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022. -
Memorial
Rifleman William David Thomas is also commemorated on the Memorial at Putot-en-Bessin, FR … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William David Thomas
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William David Thomas
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William David Thomas
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William David Thomas
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William David Thomas
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William David Thomas
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William David Thomas
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William David Thomas
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William David Thomas
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 461 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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