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Military service
Age:
28
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment, R.C.A.C.
Division:
27th Armd. Regt.
Birth:
April 28, 1916
Georgetown, Ontario
Enlistment:
October 3, 1941
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
July 21, 1944
In the field, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. D. 22.
Additional information
Son of Walter Franklin Thompson, and of Mary Edith Thompson, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. B.A. (University of Toronto).
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Clarence Franklin Thompson
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Entrance
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Grave marker
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Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial Plaque
This outdoor plaque is located at the “Old Vic” building, part of Victoria University in the University of Toronto. The decorative motif at the top shows the Victoria University crest, with motto in Latin: “ABEUNT STUDIA IN MORES”. The plaque is inscribed: “THEY WERE VALIANT IN LIFE TRIUMPHANT IN DEATH. ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THE STUDENTS OF THIS COLLEGE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1939-1945. THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE BOARD OF REGENTS AND DEDICATED OCTOBER 13TH, 1953”. There are 79 names inscribed in bas relief. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations, University of Toronto. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram January 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Clarence Franklin Thompson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Clarence Franklin Thompson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Clarence Franklin Thompson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Clarence Franklin Thompson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Clarence Franklin Thompson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Clarence Franklin Thompson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Clarence Franklin Thompson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Clarence Franklin Thompson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 461 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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