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Thomas Sholto Douglas

In memory of:

Private Thomas Sholto Douglas

January 29, 1917

Military Service


Service Number:

133207

Age:

19

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

73rd Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

July 8, 1897

Son of the late Grant Douglas.

Commemorated on Page 230 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

VILLERS STATION CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

VII. A. 13.

Location:

Villers-au-Bois is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 11 kilometres north-west of Arras. The VILLERS STATION CEMETERY is about 2 kilometres north-west of the village.

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: Don to Drzewiecki. Microform Sequence 29; Volume Number 31829_B016738. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 173. Page 521 of 1076.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Attestation Paper– Source: Library and Archives Canada. 
Thomas Sholto Douglas signed two sets of Attestation Papers for the 73rd Battalion CEF in Montreal.  The first (Service Number 132608) on September 21, 1915 and the second (Service Number 133207) on November 17, 1915.
  • Attestation Paper– Attestation Paper  (Source Library and Archives Canada.  Soldiers of the First World War) 
Thomas Sholto Douglas signed two sets of Attestation Papers for the 73rd Battalion CEF in Montreal.  The first (Service Number 132608) on September 21, 1915 and the second (Service Number 133207) on November 17, 1915.
  • Attestation Paper– Attestation Paper  (Source Library and Archives Canada.  Soldiers of the First World War) 
Thomas Sholto Douglas signed two sets of Attestation Papers for the 73rd Battalion CEF in Montreal.  The first (Service Number 132608) on September 21, 1915 and the second (Service Number 133207) on November 17, 1915.
  • Attestation Paper– Attestation Paper  (Source Library and Archives Canada.  Soldiers of the First World War) 
Thomas Sholto Douglas signed two sets of Attestation Papers for the 73rd Battalion CEF in Montreal.  The first (Service Number 132608) on September 21, 1915 and the second (Service Number 133207) on November 17, 1915.
  • Diary– The death of Thomas Sholto Douglas was recorded in the 73rd Canadian Infantry Battalion War Diary entry for January 30, 1917.

Source:  War diaries - 73rd Canadian Infantry Battalion = Journal de guerre - 73rd Canadian Infantry Battalion - 73e Bataillon d'infanterie canadien 
MIKAN No.: 1883272 .   Library and Archives Canada

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