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Military service
Service number:
B/22245
Age:
25
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
July 17, 1918
Cobourg, Ontario
Enlistment:
April 24, 1942
Edmonton, Alberta
Death:
July 8, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XI. E. 6.
Additional information
Son of George and Bertha Thompson of Cobourg, Ontario. Husband of Audrey Thompson.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal James Alexander Thompson
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Grave Marker
The grave marker (2010) at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery located outside Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (K. Falconer & J. Stephens) -
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) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal James Alexander Thompson
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal James Alexander Thompson
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal James Alexander Thompson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 461 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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