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Military service
Service number:
B/132854
Age:
34
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
May 24, 1910
Hamilton, Scotland
Enlistment:
September 11, 1942
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
July 18, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XIV. A. 2.
Additional information
Son of John and Jessie Gilchrist.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Thomas Gilchrist
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Grave marker
This photo of Cpl Gilchrist's gravemarker was taken by Padre Craig Cameron of The QOR of C on June 6th, 2003. -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of THOMAS GILCHRIST
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Attestation paper
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Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Weston (Ontario) Times and Guide newspaper c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Weston (Ontario) Times and Guide newspaper c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Thomas Gilchrist
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Thomas Gilchrist
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Thomas Gilchrist
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Thomas Gilchrist
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Thomas Gilchrist
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Thomas Gilchrist
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Thomas Gilchrist
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Thomas Gilchrist
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Thomas Gilchrist
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 567 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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