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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
418779
Age:
31
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
42nd Bn.
Birth:
November 19, 1884
Perth, Ontario
Enlistment:
May 5, 1915
Montreal, Québec
Death:
September 16, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XXIX. B. 13.
Additional information
Son of Alfred and Clara Thompson of Montreal, Quebec.
Additional citations
Distinguished Conduct Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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Grave Marker
Grave marker photo courtesy of Keith Boswell, England -
Graves registration form
Concentration of Graves COG-BR document that resulted in the "Believed to Be" identification of Sgt. W. Thompson, whose remains were found at trench map coordinates 57d.R.34.b.39.90. That location is southwest of Courcelette and due east of the Mouquet Farm. On 16 September 1916, the 42nd Canadian Infantry Battalion (7th Brigade, 3rd Canadian Division), was in that precise location in their attack on the Fabeck Graben Trench on the 15th and the subsequent attack on the Zollen Graben Trench on the 16th. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Thompson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Thompson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Thompson
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Commemorated on:
Page 173 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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