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Military service
Age:
38
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Loyal Edmonton Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Death:
October 17, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III, E, 8.
Additional information
Born 30 September 1906, Motherwell, Parish of Dalziel, County of Lanark, Scotland. Son of Lt. Col. Norman Gentles (1873-1927), veteran of the First World War, 28th Battalion, Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force and Margaret Helen Wallace (1878-1944) of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. The family immigrated from Scotland in 1913. Norman was a lawyer and long time sheriff of Moose Jaw. Husband of Marjory Mary Carr, father of Norman Robert (1926-1973). The family resided in Regina, Saskatchewan at the time of enlistment. He was also the grandfather of Thomas Gentles. He was the brother of Margaret Cecile Werneke (1904-1997), Norman Wallace (1908-) and Major Robert Henry Dick (1912-1976) formerly 8th Canadian RECCE, 14th Canadian Hussars.
Additional citations
Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and clasp.
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Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Captain Thomas Patrick Gentles
Digital gallery of
Captain Thomas Patrick Gentles
Digital gallery of
Captain Thomas Patrick Gentles
Digital gallery of
Captain Thomas Patrick Gentles
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 314 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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