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Military service
Service number:
895511
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
50th Bn.
Birth:
March 27, 1896
Death:
January 7, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. A. 9.
Additional information
Son of William James and Emily Tompkins, of Gladys, Alberta, Canada. Native of Thorney, Cambs, England.
Digital gallery of Private Percy William Tompkins
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This shows the Abbey Church, Thorney where the name of Percy Tompkins is commemorated. -
Mémorial
This War Memorial tablet inside the Abbey Church, Thorney, Cambridgeshire, England has the name of Percy Tompkins commemorated on it. He enlisted on 15/1/1917 at High Plains, Alberta and gave his occupation as a farmer. -
Mémorial
This shows the setting of the tablet inside the Abbey Church, Thorney. -
Pierre Tombale
Grave Marker - Lapugnoy Military Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Private Percy William Tompkins
Digital gallery of
Private Percy William Tompkins
Digital gallery of
Private Percy William Tompkins
Digital gallery of
Private Percy William Tompkins
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 513 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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