CEF Soldier Detail

Piper James Thomson
Died: April 23, 1915

Regimental Number:
28694
Survived War:
 No
Force:
 Army
Regiment:
 Canadian Infantry
Battalion:
 16th Battalion
Company:
Place of Birth:
Kirkcudbrightshire
Country:
 Scotland
Next of Kin:
Mary Thomson, Mother, Beeswing, Dumfries, Scotland
Address at Enlistment:
Date of Birth:
June 12, 1884
Trade or Calling:
Motorman
Marital Status:
 Single
Prior Military Experience:
Yes
Place of Enlistment:
 Valcartier, Quebec
Date of Enlistment:
September 23, 1914
Age at enlistment:
30
Height:
 5 Feet 10 Inches
Chest:
 44 Inches
Expansion:
 4 Inches
Religion:
 Presbyterian
Enlisted or Conscripted:
 Enlisted
Saw service in:
Europe    
Cause of Death:
Died of Wounds
Battle Died/Wounded:
Date of Death:
April 23, 1915
Age at Death:
30
Buried at:
 Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Plot:
 I. F. 12.
Commemorated:
 New Abbey War Memorial
 
Prisoner of war:
No
Interned:
Gender:
 Male
Ethnic Origin:
Caucasian
LAC Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 9641-51
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Rank Regiment Unit Company
Piper Canadian Infantry 16th Battalion

Son of William and Mary Thomson, of Beeswing, Dumfries, Scotland.

Had been a member of the 72nd Regiment, Seaforth Highlanders of Canada. Ted Wigney's "The C.E.F. Roll of Honour" indicates he was a Piper.

He is commemorated on the New Abbey War Memorial located in a small enclosure next to the Abbey at New Abbey approximately 6 miles south of Dumfries on the A710 (Derek Robertson, The Scottish War Memorials Forum).