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Military service
Service number:
192851
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Death:
October 7, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Private Thomas Caunter Mortimore
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Badge
Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) CEF. Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman on behalf of 15th Bn Memorial Project. Private Mortimore originally enlisted with the 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders). When the 92nd was broken up for replacements in the field he was sent to the parent units field service Bn. Private Mortimore was killed during the Battle of the Somme. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder patch
Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) CEF. Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman on behalf of 15th Bn Memorial Project. Private Mortimore originally enlisted with the 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders). When the 92nd was broken up for replacements in the field he was sent to the parent units field service Bn. Private Mortimore was killed during the Battle of the Somme. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap badge 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders). Private Mortimore was a member of the 92nd Bn before being sent to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (front side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (reverse side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) Memorial located in the village of Courcelette, France. The memorial commemorates the unit’s actions on 26 September 1916 when they attacked Regina Trench during the Battle of Thiepval Ridge. The memorial honours all members of the unit who took part in the Somme offensive of 1916. Submitted by the 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of THOMAS CAUNTER MORTIMORE
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star Weekly c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Caunter Mortimore
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Caunter Mortimore
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Caunter Mortimore
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Caunter Mortimore
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Caunter Mortimore
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Caunter Mortimore
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Caunter Mortimore
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Caunter Mortimore
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Caunter Mortimore
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 139 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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