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Military service
Service number:
27547
Age:
30
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th BN
Birth:
August 4, 1884
Death:
March 28, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Spec Mem A.19
Digital gallery of Corporal John Wilson Thompson
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Photo of John Wilson Thompson
John Wilson Thompson, Pipe Corporal, 15th Battalion CEF Pipe Band, on Salisbury Plain, England. Picture from The War Pictorial (1915) -
Press Clipping
In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Remembered by the 48th Highlanders Museum 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
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In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Remembered by the 48th Highlanders Museum 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Press Clipping
In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Remembered by the 48th Highlanders Museum 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
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In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Remembered by the 48th Highlanders Museum 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Press Clipping
Published in the Toronto Evening Telegram on April 17, 1915. -
Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England -
Cap Badge
Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (front side). From archives 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (reverse side). From archives 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women of London, Ontario (and area) who went to war and did not come home. Remembered on the pages of the World War One issues of the London Advertiser. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women of London, Ontario (and area) who went to war and did not come home. Remembered on the pages of the World War One issues of the London Advertiser. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram April 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1914. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Wilson Thompson
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Wilson Thompson
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Wilson Thompson
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Wilson Thompson
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Wilson Thompson
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Wilson Thompson
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Wilson Thompson
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Wilson Thompson
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Wilson Thompson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 39 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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