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Robert Mcdonnell Thomson

In memory of:

Lieutenant Colonel Robert Mcdonnell Thomson

October 8, 1916

Military Service

Age:

47

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

43rd Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

July 4, 1869
Hamilton, Ontario

Enlistment:

December 18, 1914
Winnipeg, Manitoba

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:

ALBERT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

I. P. 1.

Location:

Albert is a town on the River Ancre in the Department of the Somme, 28 kilometres north-east of Amiens. The ALBERT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION is on the south-east side of Albert and the junction of the roads to Fricourt and Meaulte, and the Extension is entirely enclosed by it.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of ROBERT MCDONNELL THOMSON– Col Thomson, in a series of family photos in Winnipeg. I have a photo of him with his parents, and nephew Norman AT Young as well.

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    Photo of ROBERT MCDONNELL THOMSON
    Photo of ROBERT MCDONNELL THOMSON – Col Thomson, in a series of family photos in Winnipeg. I have a photo of him with his parents, and nephew Norman AT Young as well.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram October 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram October 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Robert Thomson– University of Manitoba Roll of Honour 1914-1918. Winnipeg, 1923. Roll of the Fallen (pg. 25) - THOMSON, Robert McDonnell: M.A. 1893; LL.B. 1888; Enlisted Dec. 1914; Lieut.-Col. 43rd Battn.; Service in France; Mentioned in Despatches; Died of wounds 8-10-16.

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    Photo of Robert Thomson
    Photo of Robert Thomson – University of Manitoba Roll of Honour 1914-1918. Winnipeg, 1923. Roll of the Fallen (pg. 25) - THOMSON, Robert McDonnell: M.A. 1893; LL.B. 1888; Enlisted Dec. 1914; Lieut.-Col. 43rd Battn.; Service in France; Mentioned in Despatches; Died of wounds 8-10-16.
  • Newspaper clipping– In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.

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    Newspaper clipping – In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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