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James Robertson Thomson

In memory of:

Corporal James Robertson Thomson

September 17, 1916

Military Service


Service Number:

117584

Age:

24

Force:

Army

Unit:

2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles (British Columbia Regt.)

Additional Information


Born:

November 19, 1891
Bankfoot, Perthshire, Scotland

Enlistment:

September 12, 1915
Sarcee Camp, Alberta

Son of Andrew M. and Jemina Thomson, of Bankfoot, Perthshire, Scotland.

Commemorated on Page 173 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

1. E. 15.

Location:

Albert is in the Department of the Somme. The BAPAUME POST MILITARY CEMETERY is about 2 kilometres north-east of town on the right-hand side of the main road, D929, to Bapaume.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Grave Marker– Courtesy Wilf Schofield, England

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