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The First World War
Officers of The Royal Canadian Regiment

Lieut. Cyprian Alfred Thompson

Soldiers of the First World War database entry - C.A. Thompson

GvR Memorial Cross

Service:

  • Prior service; 2 years 6 months, 38th Dufferin Rifles, Brantford, Ontario
  • Attested for overseas service in the ranks 27 Sep 1914, regimental number 23071
  • Private., Aug 1914 to 21 Aug 1916
  • Machine Gunner, 12th Canadian Infantry Battalion
  • Appointed Lieut., 22 Aug 1916
  • Posted to The R.C.R., 27 Nov 1916
  • Killed in action, 8 Apr 1917
  • Buried at Ecoivres Cemetery, Plot 5, Row E

Lieut. Thompson is buried in the Ecoivres Military Cemetery; Pas de Calais, France.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial:  C.A. Thompson

Date of Birth - 18 Apr 1893

 

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