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Military service
Service number:
267813
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Division:
28th Bn.
Birth:
June 12, 1898
Death:
November 6, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18 - 26 - 28
Additional information
Son of James F. and Susan P. Thompson, of Theodore, Saskatchewan.
Digital gallery of Private William James Thompson
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Photo of William James Thompson
1916 -
Group Photo
Picture of Pyramid by 3rd Div. B.F. & P.T. School M.D. 12, Regina. William is 3rd man from the center to the right who is standing on another's back. William was considered to be a good athlete. -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Private William James Thompson
Digital gallery of
Private William James Thompson
Digital gallery of
Private William James Thompson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 338 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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