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Military service
Service number:
700471
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
21st Bn.
Birth:
January 18, 1897
Enlistment:
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
May 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of William Edison Cochenour and Matilda Tait Cochenour, of Merritt, British Columbia.
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private William Ralph Cochenour
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CLEAL TO CONNOLLY. Microform Sequence 21; Volume Number 31829_B016730. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 401 of 1384. -
Photo of William Ralph Cochenour
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Group Photo
Machine Gun Section, 101st Battalion -
War Memorial
War Memorial, Merritt and Nicola Valley District, British Columbia. The Cenotaph was unveiled on November 6th, 1921. There are 44 names on three sides of the memorial representing those men who died during World War One. A panel was added at a later date to include 18 names of local men who died in World War Two. Inscribed: IN HONOUR OF THE MEN OF MERRITT AND THE NICOLA VALLEY DISTRICT / OUR WELL BELOVED DEAD WHO DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE / GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS. -
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 William Ralph Cochenour
Digital gallery of
Private William Ralph Cochenour
Digital gallery of
Private William Ralph Cochenour
Digital gallery of
Private William Ralph Cochenour
Digital gallery of
Private William Ralph Cochenour
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 217 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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