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Military service
Service number:
B/163524
Age:
21
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Death:
April 25, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XI. E. 4.
Additional information
Son of Edward and Annie Luscombe, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Nicholas John Luscombe
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Obituary
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Grave Marker
This photo of Rfn Luscombe's gravemarker was taken in June 2003. -
Soldiers' Tower Memorial
The Soldiers’ Tower was built by the University of Toronto Alumni Association in 1924 as a memorial to the Great War of 1914-1918. The names of those who died in that conflict are carved on the Memorial Screen at photo left. After the Second World War, more names were carved in the Memorial Arch at the Tower’s base. In total, almost 1200 names are inscribed. A Memorial Room inside the Tower contains mementoes and artifacts, and a 51-bell carillon serves as the audio element of the living memorial to the alumni, students, faculty and staff who died in the World Wars. The Soldiers’ Tower is the site of an annual Service of Remembrance. Photo: Kathy Parks, Alumni Relations. -
Memorial Arch
The names of those who died in the Second World War were added to the archway beneath the Soldiers’ Tower in 1949. The name of “Rfn J. N. LUSCOMBE C.I.C.” is among the names inscribed. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Memorial Room
Soldiers’ Tower, University of Toronto. Photo: David Pike, courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Memorial Book
University of Toronto Memorial Book, Second World War 1939-1945. Published by the Soldiers’ Tower Committee, 1993. Entry on page 38 reads: Rifleman John Nicholas LUSCOMBE The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada. Former student in University College, 1942-44. Killed in action in Holland, 25 April 1945. Buried in the Holten Canadian War Cemetery, Holland. -
Grave Marker
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Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Nicholas John Luscombe
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Nicholas John Luscombe
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Nicholas John Luscombe
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Nicholas John Luscombe
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Nicholas John Luscombe
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Nicholas John Luscombe
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Nicholas John Luscombe
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Nicholas John Luscombe
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 536 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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