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Colin Dawson Thomson

In memory of:

Captain Colin Dawson Thomson

August 7, 1944

Military Service


Service Number:

214850

Age:

27

Force:

Army

Unit:

44th Royal Tank Regt R A C

Additional Information


Son of George Dawson Thomson and Mary Beatrice Thomson; husband of Alice Murray Thomson, of Newton Park, Leeds, Yorkshire.

Commemorated on Page 462 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

III. C. 8.

Location:

St. Charles de Percy is a village 44 kilometres south-west of Caen. Take the N175 south-westwards from Villers Bocage; after 5 kilometres take the left fork, the D577, towards Vire. After 15 kilometres, go through the little hamlet of La Ferroniere; turn left onto the D56 and right again after a few hundred metres. The War Cemetery will then be found on the left hand side.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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