Lieutenant
THOMAS ARTHUR (TA) METHERAL

• Lieutenant THOMAS ARTHUR METHERAL's Story

• 	Born 20 April 1896 in Singhampton, Ont., Ontario, Canada
  	Enlisted 1 September 1916 | Age: 20 years
  	Buried 5 June 1917 - ARRAS MEMORIAL | Age: 21 years

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• Born in Singhampton, Ont., Profession "Teacher" with home in Moose Jaw, Sask (although a student at Queen's University) upon enlistment Sep. 1916 in 196 Western Universities Bn (Saskatchewan Regt). Overseas Nov. 1916. Promoted lieutenant Feb. 1917. Posted to 45 Sqn RFC April 1917 and completed training as air gunner 31 May 1917 on Western Front. KIA 6 days later. Died with pilot and fellow teacher Robert Smith Bennie when their Sopwith Strutter plane encountered 16 enemy planes over Menin and went down in flames while both men jumped. Surv. Parents Thomas John and Martha Metheral and 8-yr-old sister Jane in Moose Jaw.

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Fallen Soldiers from Singhampton, Ont. Ontario, Canada

• Lieutenant
  METHERAL, THOMAS ARTHUR
  5 June 1917
  ARRAS MEMORIAL
  

Fallen Comrades of the Royal Flying Corps

• Second Lieutenant
  GEORGE, THOMAS WILLIAM
  18 October 1917
  ROSSKEEN PARISH CHYD EXTNS (OR BURIAL GRD)
  
• Second Lieutenant
  MOWAT, MORDEN MAXWELL
  16 May 1916
  CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY
  
• Second Lieutenant
  BODYCOMB, GEORGE THOMAS
  18 February 1918
  DARTFORD (EAST HILL) CEMETERY
  
• Cadet
  TANNER, WILLIAM CLARENCE
  7 February 1918
  GUELPH (WOODLAWN) CEMETERY
  
• Air Mechanic 2nd Class
  IRELAND, ROY
  3 February 1918
  HARLEBEKE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
  
• Cadet
  TALBOT, JAMES HAROLD
  8 April 1917
  DORCHESTER UNION CEMETERY
  
• Second Lieutenant
  WATTS, ALBERT EDWARD
  6 March 1917
  ARRAS MEMORIAL
  
• Lieutenant
  GOULD, LESLIE HENRY
  15 October 1917
  ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL
  
• Second Lieutenant
  YOUNG, FRANCIS CHISHOLM
  14 February 1917
  ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL
  
• Second Lieutenant
  DAVIS, REGINALD
  20 October 1916
  HEILLY STATION CEMETERY MERICOURT-L'ABBE
  
• Second Lieutenant
  RAYNER, CHARLES OLIVER
  1 October 1917
  LAPUGNOY MILITARY CEMETERY
  
• Second Lieutenant
  CHARLESWORTH, ALICK THOMAS BENTALL
  30 May 1917
  HARLAXTON (SS. MARY AND PETER) CHURCHYARD