Military service
Burial/memorial information
Son of John and Lillian Blakley Thomson, of Port Credit, Ontario.
Brother of Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Thomas Thomson, who died on November 19, 1917 while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment).
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Douglas Cameron Thomson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Douglas Cameron Thomson
Portrait of the Thomson brothers. Source: William Perkins Bull. "From Brock to Currie: the military development and exploits of Canadians in general and of the men of Peel in particular, 1791 to 1930." Toronto, 1935.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Douglas Cameron Thomson
Grave marker for Lt. Douglas Thomson
Courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England, 2009.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Douglas Cameron Thomson
From the Toronto Telegram September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Douglas Cameron Thomson
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Portrait of the Thomson brothers. Source: William Perkins Bull. "From Brock to Currie: the military development and exploits of Canadians in general and of the men of Peel in particular, 1791 to 1930." Toronto, 1935.
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Grave marker for Lt. Douglas Thomson Courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England, 2009.
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From the Toronto Telegram September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 512 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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WANQUETIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Pas de Calais, France
Wanquetin is a village approximately 12 kilometres west of Arras and approximately 6 kilometres north of Beaumetz. WANQUETIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION lies to the north-east of the village on the road to Warlus (D.59).
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