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Military service
Service number:
231806
Age:
33
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
50th Bn.
Birth:
March 29, 1884
Death:
August 21, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Rebecca T. McCosh, of Toronto, Ontario, and Thomas McCosh.
Digital gallery of Private William Geoffrey McCosh
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). 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) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Paris War Memorial
Paris Ontario War Memorial. An unveiling and dedication ceremony was conducted at the memorial on November 11th, 1930. The memorial was unveiled by Mrs. R. Baldwin, mother of Nursing Sister Dorothy Baldwin. A dedicatory address was made by Lt.-Col. the Ven. Archdeacon F. G. Scott, D.S.O. (Canon Scott). Bands of the 10th Brant Dragoons and the 1st Dufferin Rifles assisted in the service. The memorial was designed and built by the Hunter Granite Works, Simcoe, Ontario. It is inscribed: 1914 - 1918 / TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF PARIS WHO FELL AND IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR. -
Roll of Honour
This Roll of Honour appeared in the pamphlet distributed at the Paris Ontario War Memorial's unveiling and dedication ceremony on November 11th, 1930. -
Photo of William Geoffrey McCosh
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Photo of William Geoffrey McCosh
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William Geoffrey McCosh
Digital gallery of
Private William Geoffrey McCosh
Digital gallery of
Private William Geoffrey McCosh
Digital gallery of
Private William Geoffrey McCosh
Digital gallery of
Private William Geoffrey McCosh
Digital gallery of
Private William Geoffrey McCosh
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 279 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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