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Douglas Cameron Thomson

In memory of:

Lieutenant Douglas Cameron Thomson

September 2, 1918

Military Service

Age:

20

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)

Division:

10th Bn.

Additional Information

Son of John and Lillian Blakley Thomson, of Port Credit, Ontario.

Brother of Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Thomas Thomson, who died on November 19, 1917 while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment).

Commemorated on Page 512 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

WANQUETIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

II. C. 13.

Location:

Wanquetin is a village approximately 12 kilometres west of Arras and approximately 6 kilometres north of Beaumetz. WANQUETIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION lies to the north-east of the village on the road to Warlus (D.59).

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022

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    Memorial – Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
  • Portrait of the Thomson brothers– Portrait of the Thomson brothers. Source: William Perkins Bull. "From Brock to Currie: the military development and exploits of Canadians in general and of the men of Peel in particular, 1791 to 1930." Toronto, 1935.

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    Portrait of the Thomson brothers
    Portrait of the Thomson brothers – Portrait of the Thomson brothers. Source: William Perkins Bull. "From Brock to Currie: the military development and exploits of Canadians in general and of the men of Peel in particular, 1791 to 1930." Toronto, 1935.
  • Grave Marker– Grave marker for Lt. Douglas Thomson Courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England, 2009.

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    Grave Marker
    Grave Marker – Grave marker for Lt. Douglas Thomson Courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England, 2009.

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