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Military service
Service number:
J/25699
Age:
28
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
76 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
June 29, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Grave 6.
Additional information
Son of Amos Wellwood Thompson and Myrtle Thompson; husband of Vera Annie Thompson, of Scarborough Junction, Ontario.
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Thompson, Thomas Wellwood - Flying Officer. Born 17th January, 1917, at Winnipeg. Entered the service of the Bank 13th May, 1935. Served at Parkhill and Caledonia, Ont., and Toronto city branches. Enlisted 16th May, 1942, from Yonge & Gould (Toronto) in R.C.A.F. Pilot Officer in May, 1943; Flying Officer in December, 1943. Trained at Toronto, Fingal, Ont., and St. Johns, Que. Served at Halifax. Overseas in June, 1943. Killed in action in France 29th June, 1944. <br><i>From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.</i> -
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The Toronto Star, February 10, 1945, page 16 -
Cemetery
Churchyard at Lesges, Aisne, France (CWGC) The graves of F/O Thompson and six RAF members of the crew are the only military burials in the churchyard. They are F/O John G. Jannings, Pilot, age 21, Grave 1 Sgt. Jack Beeson, Flight Engineer, age 20, Grave 2 Sgt. Colin F. Poole, Wireless Operator/Air, age 21, Grave 3 Flt. Sgt. Robt. Givens, Navigator, age 24, Grave 4 Sgt. B. C. Acourt, Air Gunner, Grave 5 F/O T. W. THOMPSON, Bomb Aimer, age 28, Grave 6 Sgt. Ronald P. Lucas, Air Gunner, age 20, Grave 7 -
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Flying Officer Thomas Wellwood Thompson is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Thomas Wellwood Thompson is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Photo of THOMAS WELLWOOD THOMPSON
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Thomas Wellwood Thompson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Thomas Wellwood Thompson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Thomas Wellwood Thompson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Thomas Wellwood Thompson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Thomas Wellwood Thompson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Thomas Wellwood Thompson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Thomas Wellwood Thompson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Thomas Wellwood Thompson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Thomas Wellwood Thompson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 461 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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