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Military service
Service number:
437054
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
49th Bn.
Birth:
January 17, 1893
Enlistment:
Edmonton, Alberta
Death:
June 2, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 24 - 28 - 30
Additional information
Son of Frederick Charles and Selina Janet Cocks, of 31, Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, England.
Digital gallery of Private William Barrett Cocks
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Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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 507 of 1384. -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Private William Barrett Cocks
Digital gallery of
Private William Barrett Cocks
Digital gallery of
Private William Barrett Cocks
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 68 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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