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Military service
Service number:
409261
Age:
18
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
18th Bn.
Enlistment:
Massey, Ontario
Death:
May 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of the late James H. and Sadie Cochrane (nee McEllhron).
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private James Russell Cochrane
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Honour roll
British Home Children World War 1 Honour Roll -
Circumstances of Death Registers
"Killed in Action" During an enemy bombardment of the support trenches held by his battalion near Acheville, on the early morning of May 9, 1917, he was killed by a shell which buried him and two others. Title: Circumstances of Death Registers, First World War Mikan record: 46246 Volume Number: 31829_B016730 Page: 1 Number of pages: 1384 Contributed by E.Edwards www.18thbattalioncef.wordpress.com -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Private James Russell Cochrane
Digital gallery of
Private James Russell Cochrane
Digital gallery of
Private James Russell Cochrane
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 217 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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