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Military service
Service number:
192609
Age:
25
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
January 18, 1892
Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Enlistment:
August 18, 1915
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
August 15, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Jennett Thomson of Paisley, Scotland. Husband of Elizabeth Thomson of Toronto, Ontario.
Additional citations
British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private John Thomson
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Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Submitted by the 48th Highlanders Museum 73 Simcoe St. Toronto for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Submitted by the 48th Highlanders Museum 73 Simcoe St. Toronto for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper Clipping
Pte. John Thomson was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. He enlisted in Toronto on August 18th, 1915, in the 92nd Highlanders Battalion C.E.F. In grateful memory. -
Badge
Cap badge 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders). Private Thomson was a member of the 92nd Bn before being sent to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders). Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder patch
Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders). Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Service Record
Record of Service Card (front side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Service Record
Record of Service Card (reverse side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Memorial
"The Hill 70 memorial, erected by the 15th Battalion Memorial Project and the town of Benifontaine, was unveiled and dedicated on 22 September 2012. The memorial commemorates the actions of the 15th Battalion CEF, which was on the extreme left flank of the Canadian assault on Hill 70, on 15 August 1917 and the memory of those members of the Battalion who fell during the engagement. The memorial sits on what was then known as Bois Hugo, which the Battalion assaulted, captured and held against repeated German counterattacks." Photo submitted by the 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team. Dileas Gu Brath -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram December 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private John Thomson
Digital gallery of
Private John Thomson
Digital gallery of
Private John Thomson
Digital gallery of
Private John Thomson
Digital gallery of
Private John Thomson
Digital gallery of
Private John Thomson
Digital gallery of
Private John Thomson
Digital gallery of
Private John Thomson
Digital gallery of
Private John Thomson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 339 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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