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Military service
Service number:
3155521
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
22nd Bn.
Birth:
February 8, 1896
St-Joachim-de-Shefford, Québec
Enlistment:
January 15, 1918
Montreal, Québec
Death:
August 31, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. A. 28.
Additional information
Baptized Hormisdas-Dorillé Lespérance. He went by the first name Thomas.
Son of Henri Lespérance and Régina Bélisle, of Montréal, Québec.
He stated being named Thomas and being born on February 9, 1896 when he enlisted, and he signed Thomas D. Lesperance.
Digital gallery of Private Thomas Lespérance
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Newspaper clipping
La Presse September 27th 1918 -
Grave marker
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Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private Thomas Lespérance
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Lespérance
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Lespérance
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Lespérance
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 449 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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LIGNY-ST. FLOCHEL BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Ligny-St.Flochel is a village about 6.5 kilometres east of St.Pol on the main road to Arras. The distance from Ligny-St. Flochel to Arras is approximately 24 kilometres. The Ligny-St.Flochel British Cemetery is situated to the south of the village on the east side of the road to the village of Averdoingt.
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