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Military service
Age:
40
Rank:
Lieutenant Colonel
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Artillery
Division:
17th Field Regiment
Birth:
July 18, 1904
Esquimalt, British Columbia
Enlistment:
September 8, 1939
Esquimalt, British Columbia
Death:
August 24, 1944
Italy
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Plot 1, Row G, Grave 72.
Additional information
Son of Judge John
Charles and Eva Bond Thoburn McIntosh of Victoria, British Columbia.
Husband of Dorothy (née Howden) McIntosh, of Winnipeg, Manitoba whom he married on 12 September 1936. Father of Ian Forbes McIntosh. Graduate of Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario, Class of 1925.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Colonel Forbes Thoburn McIntosh
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Grave Markers
Row of markers in the tiered Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Cross of Sacrifice - Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
View of the Cross of Sacrifice from the tiered rows of Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of Forbes T. McIntosh
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Photo of FORBES THOBURN MCINTOSH
6th Field regiment RCA Shilo, Manitoba 1940 -
Stained Glass Window
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 1600 Lt Col Thoburn Mcintosh (RMC 1921-5) was the son of Judge John Charles and Eva Bond Thoburn McIntosh of Victoria, British Columbia. He was the husband of Dorothy (née Howden) McIntosh, of Winnipeg, Manitoba whom he married on 12 September 1936. He was the father of Ian Forbes McIntosh. He was a graduate of Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario, Class of 1925. He served with the Royal Canadian Artillery. He was awarded the 1939-45 Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. He died on Jan 13, 1945. He was buried in the Gradara War Cemetery in Italy Plot 1, Row G, Grave 72. -
Plaque
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 1600 Lt Col Thoburn Mcintosh (RMC 1921-5) was the son of Judge John Charles and Eva Bond Thoburn McIntosh of Victoria, British Columbia. He was the husband of Dorothy (née Howden) McIntosh, of Winnipeg, Manitoba whom he married on 12 September 1936. He was the father of Ian Forbes McIntosh. He was a graduate of Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario, Class of 1925. He served with the Royal Canadian Artillery. He was awarded the 1939-45 Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. He died on Jan 13, 1945. He was buried in the Gradara War Cemetery in Italy Plot 1, Row G, Grave 72. -
Memorial Doll
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 1600 Lt Col Thoburn Mcintosh (RMC 1921-5) was the son of Judge John Charles and Eva Bond Thoburn McIntosh of Victoria, British Columbia. He was the husband of Dorothy (née Howden) McIntosh, of Winnipeg, Manitoba whom he married on 12 September 1936. He was the father of Ian Forbes McIntosh. He was a graduate of Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario, Class of 1925. He served with the Royal Canadian Artillery. He was awarded the 1939-45 Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. He died on Jan 13, 1945. He was buried in the Gradara War Cemetery in Italy Plot 1, Row G, Grave 72. -
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Photo
Dorothy and Forbes. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of FORBES THOBURN MCINTOSH
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Photo of FORBES THOBURN MCINTOSH
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Photo of FORBES THOBURN MCINTOSH
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Correspondence
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Photo of FORBES THOBURN MCINTOSH
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Photo of FORBES THOBURN MCINTOSH
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Correspondence
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Lieutenant Colonel Forbes Thoburn McIntosh
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 387 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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