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Military service
Service number:
B/119806
Age:
31
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Essex Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
March 7, 1913
Traunstein, Bavaria, Germany
Enlistment:
November 30, 1943
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
October 5, 1944
In the field, Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. D. 16.
Additional information
Son of the late Fannie Thompson. Nephew of Martha Schildman of Toronto, Ontario. Private Thompson was a carpenter by trade.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp
Digital gallery of Private Louis Thompson
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Newspaper clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Grave Marker
Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of LOUIS THOMPSON
Entrance … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of LOUIS THOMPSON
Cross of Sacrifice located in Plots 4 and 4A … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Schoonselhof Cemetery
View of Plot 3 … -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star November 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star November 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Louis Thompson
Digital gallery of
Private Louis Thompson
Digital gallery of
Private Louis Thompson
Digital gallery of
Private Louis Thompson
Digital gallery of
Private Louis Thompson
Digital gallery of
Private Louis Thompson
Digital gallery of
Private Louis Thompson
Digital gallery of
Private Louis Thompson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 461 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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