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Military service
Service number:
B/111049
Age:
21
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Grenadier Guards, R.C.A.C.
Birth:
May 6, 1923
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
April 9, 1942
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
August 8, 1944
France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. F. 6.
Additional information
Son of John and Bridget Ryan, of Toronto, Ontario. Brother of John, James, William and Helen.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Thomas Ryan
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Photo of Thomas Ryan
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Thomas Ryan
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Thomas Ryan
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Thomas Ryan
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Thomas Ryan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 435 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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