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Military service
Age:
30
Rank:
Major
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Seaforth Highlanders of Canada
Death:
December 24, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. C. 14.
Additional information
Son of John Fleming Cullen Brown Vance and Ethel Jane Vance, of Vancouver, British Columbia; husband of Patricia Kathleen Vance, of Calgary, Alberta. B.A., Barrister and Solicitor.
Digital gallery of Major Thomas Cullen Brown Vance
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Stained Glass Window
Photo Credit: Julie Clements A stained glass window in the Christ Church Cathedral in Vancouver, BC is a memorial to Major T. C. B. Vance who died in the Second World War. Major Vance was killed in action in Ortona, Italy on Christmas Eve 1943. The crest at the top of the window is of the Vancouver Regiment, The Seaforth Highlanders, whose motto is: "Cuidi Ch'n Righ" in Gaelic: Help the King. ---------------------------- CUIDI CH'N RICH IN LOVING MEMORY OF MAJOR T.C.B. VANCE, KILLED IN ACTION IN ORTONA, ITALY, CHRISTMAS EVE. 1943 "LIGHTEN OUR DARKNESS, WE BESEECH THEE" -
Photo of Thomas Vance
In memory of the students from the University of British Columbia who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of THOMAS CULLEN BROWN VANCE
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Grave marker
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Newspaper clipping
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Attestation paper
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Document
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Document
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Circumstances of death
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Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Major Thomas Cullen Brown Vance
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 222 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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