Rank unknown James Thomson
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1884-06-12
Place of birth: Kirkcudbrightshire Scotland
Next of kin: Mary Thomson, Mother, Beeswing, Dumfries, Scotland
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Motorman
Occupation (normalized): Other Machinery Fitters, Machine Assemblers and Precision Instrument Makers (except Electrical), Railway Engine Driver
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1915-04-23
Cause of death:
Died of wounds
Buried:
Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery, I. F. 12.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 28694
Highest Rank:
Rank unknown
(16th Battalion)
Rank detail
Rank unknown, 16th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Commemoration location: New Abbey War Memorial
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 138845
LAC ID:
264479
Service file: B9641-S051
Uploader's Notes:
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).
Uploader's Research notes: [Piper Army Canadian Infantry 16th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2005-05-03
Last modified: 2007-09-29