Pte
Thomas Wright Smith
Information about birth
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Date of birth: 12/06/1884 |
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Place of birth: Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom |
Army information
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Country: Canada |
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Force: Canadian Expeditionary Force |
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Rank: Private |
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Service number: 116973 |
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Units: — Canadian Infantry, 29th Bn. (Vancouver) (Last known unit) |
Information about death
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Date of death: 06/11/1917 |
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Age: 33 |
Cemetery
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Passchendaele New British Cemetery Plot: XII Row: A Grave: 14 |
Distinctions and medals 2
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British War Medal Medal |
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Victory Medal Medal |
Points of interest 1
| #1 | Place of birth |
Sources 2
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Personnel Records of the First World War (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC) RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 9109 - 6). https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/search.aspx Sources used |
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War diaries: 29th Canadian Infantry Battalion (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC), RG9-III-D-3, Volume number: 4936, Microfilm reel number: T-10741, File number: 427-428). https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng Sources used |
More information 4
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/461516 |
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Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=0da1727c-893e-42ae-8487-aad9a090a7b6 |
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Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/5763625 |
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The Canadian Virtual War Memorial https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/461516 |