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Military service
Age:
34
Rank:
Major
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles (Saskatchewan Regt.)
Death:
September 15, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Thomas and Minnie Thomson, of Drogo, Chateau Apartments, Montreal, Province Quebec; husband of Adelaide S. Meeres (formerly Thomson) (nee Hett), of Eildon Hall, Sutton West, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Major Burns Ker Weld Thomson
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Photo of BURNS KER WELD THOMSON
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Inscription
Inscription - Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Vimy Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Vimy Memorial
Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of Burns K. Thomson
From The War Book of Upper Canada College, edited by Archibald Hope Young, Toronto, 1923. This book is a Roll of Honour including former students who served during the First World War. -
Memorial Tablet
Major Burns K. Thomson is remembered on this brass Memorial Tablet. It was unveiled on May 1, 1921 in memory of Upper Canada College students who died on active service during the First World War. Upper Canada College is located in Toronto, Ontario. -
Press clipping
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Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of BURNS KER WELD THOMSON
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Major Burns Ker Weld Thomson
Digital gallery of
Major Burns Ker Weld Thomson
Digital gallery of
Major Burns Ker Weld Thomson
Digital gallery of
Major Burns Ker Weld Thomson
Digital gallery of
Major Burns Ker Weld Thomson
Digital gallery of
Major Burns Ker Weld Thomson
Digital gallery of
Major Burns Ker Weld Thomson
Digital gallery of
Major Burns Ker Weld Thomson
Digital gallery of
Major Burns Ker Weld Thomson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 173 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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