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Military service
Service number:
R/115295
Age:
26
Rank:
Warrant Officer Class II
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
106 Sqdn.
Death:
July 28, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 180.
Additional information
Son of Thomas A. and Catherine R. Roche, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Warrant Officer Class II Thomas Joseph Roche
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Memorial
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Stone of Remembrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Panels - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Entrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Letter
Attached is a transcript of the letter which Thomas Roche wrote to Mrs Elizabeth Charters, following a visit which Thomas made to her home home with John and it was actually written only a few hours before his death. -
Photo of John Bennett Charters and Thomas Roche
Thomas Joseph Roche (right) is seen here posing with John Bennett Charters. -
Photo of Thomas Joseph Roche
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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 -
Photo of THOMAS JOSEPH ROCHE
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of THOMAS JOSEPH ROCHE
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of THOMAS JOSEPH ROCHE
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Warrant Officer Class II Thomas Joseph Roche is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Warrant Officer Class II Thomas Joseph Roche is also 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 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star June 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram July 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Thomas Joseph Roche
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Thomas Joseph Roche
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Thomas Joseph Roche
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Thomas Joseph Roche
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Thomas Joseph Roche
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Thomas Joseph Roche
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Thomas Joseph Roche
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Thomas Joseph Roche
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Thomas Joseph Roche
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 208 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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