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Digital gallery of Private Joseph Thomas
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Thomas
Preston Ontario Cenotaph. Dedicated November 8, 1926. The names of Preston soldiers killed in the Second World War were added in 1949. Inscribed: IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF PRESTON WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR AND IN GRATEFUL TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO SHARED ITS DANGERS.
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Thomas
From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War One Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Preston Ontario Cenotaph. Dedicated November 8, 1926. The names of Preston soldiers killed in the Second World War were added in 1949. Inscribed: IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF PRESTON WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR AND IN GRATEFUL TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO SHARED ITS DANGERS.
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From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War One Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 338 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BRUAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Pas de Calais, France
Bruay is a large village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 6 kilometres south-west of Bethune and 26 kilometres north-west of Arras.
Leave Bruay on the N.41 heading north towards Berck. Turn right where signposts indicate Lews/Calonne Riquart. After 400 metres turn right again, sign Cimetiere Ouest. Continue up the hill past the miner memorial. The cemetery is found after one kilometre on the right hand side. The Commonwealth plot is in the far right hand corner.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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