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Citation(s);
Military service
Age:
25
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Field Artillery
Division:
2nd Bde.
Birth:
March 23, 1892
County Galway
Enlistment:
February 20, 1915
Guelph, Ontario
Death:
February 18, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. A. 24.
Additional information
Son of Edward and Catherine Armstrong of Barrie, Ontario.
Additional citations
Supplement to the London Gazette dated 21 December 1916.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Tom Armstrong
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Photo of Tom Armstrong
Tom Armstrong, military photograph -
Circumstances of Death
Lieutenant Tom Armstrong's Death Certificate. -
Street sign
Barrie street named in honour of Lieuteant Tom Armstrong with a poppy. -
Memorial
Barrie, Ontario -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. From the Annie Boyes collection courtesy of the Simcoe County Archives. http://www.simcoe.ca/dpt/arc -
Memorial
This plaque was installed, following World War I, on an interior wall of the Collier Street Methodist Church in Barrie, Ontario, to commemorate members of the congregation who died in the war, including Lieutenant Tom Armstrong. Note: Since church union in 1925, this church has been known as the Collier Street United Church. (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2019.) -
Newspaper clipping
This report of the death of Lieutenant Tom Armstrong appeared in the Northern Advance newspaper (Barrie, Ontario) on February 28, 1918, at page 8. -
Memorial
Barrie flag for Lieutenant Tom Armstrong. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Barrie Examiner c1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Barrie Examiner c1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Barrie Examiner c1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Tom Armstrong
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Tom Armstrong
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Tom Armstrong
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Tom Armstrong
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Tom Armstrong
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Tom Armstrong
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Tom Armstrong
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Tom Armstrong
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Tom Armstrong
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 361 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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