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Military service
Service number:
1056
Age:
30
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regt.)
Birth:
April 8, 1888
Death:
September 28, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
B. 9.
Additional information
Son of John and Ellen Thompson of Kenora, Ontario. For 80 years, his grave was unlike most others - his tombstone had read simply "Unknown Sergeant." A Memorial service for Sergeant G. R. Thompson was held on November 9, 1998, as part of the Pilgrimage to mark the 80th Anniversary of the end of the First World War. His final resting place in Crest Cemetery -- next to 77 of his comrades-- is peaceful, overlooking the pastoral French farmlands.
Digital gallery of Sergeant George Ross Thompson
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Grave marker
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Prayers for a Fallen Comrade
A Memorial service for Sergeant G. R. Thompson was held on November 9, 1998, at his final resting place in the Crest Cemetery -
Gun Salute
A Memorial service for Sergeant G. R. Thompson was held on November 9, 1998, at his final resting place in the Crest Cemetery. -
Folding the Colors
A Memorial service for Sergeant G. R. Thompson was held on November 9, 1998, at his final resting place in the Crest Cemetery -
Folding the Colors 2
A Memorial service for Sergeant G. R. Thompson was held on November 9, 1998, at his final resting place in the Crest Cemetery -
Laying a Wreath
A Memorial service for Sergeant G. R. Thompson was held on November 9, 1998, at his final resting place in the Crest Cemetery -
Salute
A Memorial service for Sergeant G. R. Thompson was held on November 9, 1998, at his final resting place in the Crest Cemetery -
Rifle Salute
A Memorial service for Sergeant G. R. Thompson was held on November 9, 1998, at his final resting place in the Crest Cemetery -
Photo of George Ross Thompson
Photo of George Ross Thompson as an engineer with the Canadian Pacific Railway. -
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Attestation Papers
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Attestation Papers (Reverse)
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Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. He was discovered and exhumed at a later date and now rests in a marked grave.May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Ross Thompson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Ross Thompson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Ross Thompson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Ross Thompson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Ross Thompson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Ross Thompson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Ross Thompson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Ross Thompson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Ross Thompson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 512 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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