Service militaire
Lieu de l’enterrement/commemoration
Fils de Thomas Armstrong, de Plevna, Ontario.
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Soldat Thomas John Armstrong
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Soldat Thomas John Armstrong
Thomas John Armstrong was born in Mountain Grove, Ontario on October 8, 1896 to Thomas Armstrong and Catherine Drew (died 1905). Thomas married Estella Sills in 1907 and moved to a farm outside Plevna in 1911. His children were Robert, Oliver, Frances, Thomas John and Richard, hers -Arthur and Laura, and theirs - Charles, Susan, Andrew, Martha and Allen. Andy, then 3, remembers Thomas polishing the buttons on his uniform. A neighbour apparently wanted to marry but he “didn’t want to leave any orphans”.
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WITH THOMAS KRING
Thomas John (right) was recruited in Plevna in January 1916, with Thomas J. Kring (left) who went overseas with him. Soldiers trained in a building built for WWI and slept at a hotel down the main street.
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THE GRAVE SITE
Private Thomas John was killed September 16, 1918 at Vimy Ridge. Apparently, Thomas was wounded by a shell, but was helping someone when another shell hit killing a number of them. Thomas was buried at Dury Crucifix Cemetery, near Arras, which was begun by Canadian Units after capture of Dury village, and contained 72 graves at Armistice.
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THE GRAVE SITE WITH BROTHER
In 1967 Charles (Thomas’ half brother) travelled to Dury Cemetery with his wife and daughter, the first family to visit the grave site. Charles was a retired RCAF Squadron Leader who served in WWII in London and with the Occupation Forces in Celle, Germany.
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NAME AT VIGIL
At the National Vigil for the 90th Anniversary of the Armistice, Thomas John Armstrong's name appeared on the War Memorial in Ottawa at approximately 8:00pm on November 7, 2008
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Vigil at War Memorial November 2008
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Birth Record
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Certificate of Service in the Great European War
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Soldat Thomas John Armstrong
Attestation Certificate signed by Thomas John Armstrong
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Soldat Thomas John Armstrong
Certificate of Service in the Great European War
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Certificate of Service in the Great European War
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Thomas John Armstrong was born in Mountain Grove, Ontario on October 8, 1896 to Thomas Armstrong and Catherine Drew (died 1905). Thomas married Estella Sills in 1907 and moved to a farm outside Plevna in 1911. His children were Robert, Oliver, Frances, Thomas John and Richard, hers -Arthur and Laura, and theirs - Charles, Susan, Andrew, Martha and Allen. Andy, then 3, remembers Thomas polishing the buttons on his uniform. A neighbour apparently wanted to marry but he “didn’t want to leave any orphans”.
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WITH THOMAS KRING Thomas John (right) was recruited in Plevna in January 1916, with Thomas J. Kring (left) who went overseas with him. Soldiers trained in a building built for WWI and slept at a hotel down the main street.
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THE GRAVE SITE Private Thomas John was killed September 16, 1918 at Vimy Ridge. Apparently, Thomas was wounded by a shell, but was helping someone when another shell hit killing a number of them. Thomas was buried at Dury Crucifix Cemetery, near Arras, which was begun by Canadian Units after capture of Dury village, and contained 72 graves at Armistice.
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THE GRAVE SITE WITH BROTHER In 1967 Charles (Thomas’ half brother) travelled to Dury Cemetery with his wife and daughter, the first family to visit the grave site. Charles was a retired RCAF Squadron Leader who served in WWII in London and with the Occupation Forces in Celle, Germany.
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NAME AT VIGIL At the National Vigil for the 90th Anniversary of the Armistice, Thomas John Armstrong's name appeared on the War Memorial in Ottawa at approximately 8:00pm on November 7, 2008
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Vigil at War Memorial November 2008
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Birth Record
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Certificate of Service in the Great European War
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Attestation Certificate signed by Thomas John Armstrong
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Certificate of Service in the Great European War
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Certificate of Service in the Great European War
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CIMETIÈRE DE DURY CRUCIFIX Pas de Calais, France
Dury est un village situé à 17 kilomètres environ à l'est-sud-est d'Arras. À partir du centre d'Arras, prenez la route N39 menant d'Arras à Cambrai et conduisez sur une distance de 16,5 kilomètres environ. Tournez alors à gauche pour prendre la route D956. À l'intersection en forme de « Y » 900 mètres plus loin, prenez le premier embranchement à droite. Prenez ensuite le premier virage à droite, qui se trouve à 650 mètres. Le cimetière est du côté gauche de cette route, à 100 mètres de l'intersection.
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