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Thomas Booker

In memory of:

Corporal Thomas Booker

June 1, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

443418

Age:

37

Force:

Army

Unit:

2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles (British Columbia Regt.)

Citation(s):

Military Medal, London Gazette # 30172 dated 9 July 1917, British War Medal, Victory Medal.

Honours and Awards:

Military Medal

Additional Information

Born:

November 18, 1879
Wiltshire, England

Enlistment:

July 31, 1915
Vernon, British Columbia

Nephew of Mrs. Clara Westmacott, Gloucestershire, England.

Commemorated on Page 204 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

LA TARGETTE BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

I. C. 13.

Location:

Neuville-St Vaast is a village 6.5 kilometres north of Arras, a little east of the road from Bethune to Arras. LA TARGETTE BRITISH CEMETERY lies to the south-west of the village on the north-west side of the road to the village of Maroeuil.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Circumstances of Death Registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Blampie to Booth; Mircoform Sequence 11; Volume Number 131829_B016720; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 155 Page 675 of 762

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    Circumstances of Death Registers
    Circumstances of Death Registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Blampie to Booth; Mircoform Sequence 11; Volume Number 131829_B016720; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 155 Page 675 of 762
  • War Diary– War Diary of the 2nd Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles for September 1916 commending Private T. Booker for his splendid work in battle.

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    War Diary
    War Diary – War Diary of the 2nd Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles for September 1916 commending Private T. Booker for his splendid work in battle.

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