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Military service
Age:
22
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Field Artillery
Enlistment:
Guelph, Ontario
Death:
November 8, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XVI. E. 1.
Additional information
Son of William Andrew and Emma Jane Cockburn, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Gordon Alan Cockburn
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Roll of Service
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921. -
Monument
Special monument dedicated to Lt. Gordon Allan Cockburn, located in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario. Another plaque appears on the other side of this monument, and is dedicated to Lt. George Angus Cockburn. -
Inscription
Incription on bronze plaque for Lt. Gordon Allan Cockburn: "In Memory of Gordon Allan Cockburn, Lt. 43rd Battery Canadian Field Artillery and Flight Lieutenant 19th Squadron Royal Flying Corps. Killed in air combat between Houthem and Wervicq, November 8th, 1917. Buried at Passchendaele New Military Cemetery, Belgium. Aged 22 years. He gave his life for duty, freedom and honour." -
Commemorative Plaque
1914-18 Memorial Plaque, The University Schools, University of Toronto, 371 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario. Erected by the U.T.S. Hockey Club, 1919-20. -
Grave marker
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Photo of Gordon Cockburn
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement Fourth Edition 1918 published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me. -
The Soldiers' Tower
The Soldiers' Tower was built at University of Toronto between 1919-1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. The names of the fallen were carved on the Memorial Screen seen at photo left. Photo: K. Parks -
Newspaper Clipping
In honoured memory. -
Memorial
Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010; courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Inscription
Inscription in Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower. The carillon was installed in 1927. Originally there were 23 bells. Alumni and friends donated bells in memory of those who fell in the Great War. Dedications are carved high on the walls of the Memorial Room. Bell XXI is dedicated: " 'Extol, ye bell, the virtue of our valorous men.' Alumni Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering". Photo courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
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 465 of 1384. Reported through German sources buried in Cemetery near Menin,,Grave 1692. Subsequently exhumed and reburied in PASSCHENDALE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram January 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Gordon Alan Cockburn
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Gordon Alan Cockburn
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Gordon Alan Cockburn
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Gordon Alan Cockburn
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Gordon Alan Cockburn
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Gordon Alan Cockburn
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Gordon Alan Cockburn
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Gordon Alan Cockburn
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Gordon Alan Cockburn
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 218 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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