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Ross Clifford Thompson

In memory of:

Private Ross Clifford Thompson

October 12, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

C/122993

Age:

21

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.

Additional Information

Son of Archie and Ada Thompson; husband of Pearl Margaret Thompson, of Kingston, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 461 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BERGEN-OP-ZOOM CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Netherlands

Grave Reference:

3. B. 8.

Location:

BERGEN-OP-ZOOM CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY is located 39 Km north west of Antwerp and 19 Km after passing the Border into the Netherlands. The N11 connects Antwerp to Bergen op Zoom via Kapellen, Pulte, Hoogerheide and finally on to Bergen op Zoom. On reaching Bergen op Zoom railway station turn right onto the Stationsplein and after 200 M turn right onto the Bredastraat. Follow this road for 500 M where it becomes Wouwsestraatweg and carry straight on for 2.5 kilometres. The street name has now changed to the Ruytershoveweg and the BERGEN-OP-ZOOM CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY can be found on the left of this street. Steps into cemetery (not suitable for wheelchairs).

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– This is a photo of Ross Clifford Thompson. A war Hero who died in October 1944 at The Slag on the Schelde in The Netherlands. My parents adopted this grave in the early 1950's and now that they are deceased, we, as their children, carry on the adoption. We also have contacts with relatives of this brave young man.

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    Memorial – This is a photo of Ross Clifford Thompson. A war Hero who died in October 1944 at The Slag on the Schelde in The Netherlands. My parents adopted this grave in the early 1950's and now that they are deceased, we, as their children, carry on the adoption. We also have contacts with relatives of this brave young man.
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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Kingston Whig-Standard. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Kingston Whig-Standard. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Grave Marker– Gravestone of Private Ross Clifford Thompson, Royal Hamilton Light Infantry in the Canadian War Cemetery at Bergen-Op-Zoom in the Netherlands.

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    Grave Marker – Gravestone of Private Ross Clifford Thompson, Royal Hamilton Light Infantry in the Canadian War Cemetery at Bergen-Op-Zoom in the Netherlands.

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