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Citation(s);
Military service
Age:
25
Rank:
Lieutenant Commander
Force:
Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
Division:
H.M.C.S. NIOBE
Death:
June 24, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Grave 11.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Commander Digby Rex Bell Cosh
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Grave marker
Kirknewton (St. Gregory) Churchyard -
Stained Glass Window
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2529 Lieutenant Commander Digby Rex Bell Cosh DSO (RMC 1936) He served with the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve Division aboard H.M.C.S. Niobe. He died on Jun 24, 1944. He was buried in grave 11, Kirknewton (St. Gregory) Churchyard, Northumberland, United Kingdom. -
Memorial
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2529 Lieutenant Commander Digby Rex Bell Cosh DSO (RMC 1936) He served with the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve Division aboard H.M.C.S. Niobe. He died on Jun 24, 1944. He was buried in grave 11, Kirknewton (St. Gregory) Churchyard, Northumberland, United Kingdom. -
Plaque
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2529 Lieutenant Commander Digby Rex Bell Cosh DSO (RMC 1936) He served with the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve Division aboard H.M.C.S. Niobe. He died on Jun 24, 1944. He was buried in grave 11, Kirknewton (St. Gregory) Churchyard, Northumberland, United Kingdom. -
Photo of Digby Cosh
Digby Cosh in his early twenties, photographed by Yousuf Karsh. -
Photo of Digby Cosh
Lieutenant Commander Digby Cosh in his early twenties, photographed by Yousuf Karsh. -
Photo of Digby Rex Bell Cosh
Lt Commander Digby Rex Bell Cosh, before a flight. -
Memorial
Memorial stair, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario -
Memorial Arch
Memorial arch, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario -
Newspaper clipping
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Newspaper clipping
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Newspaper clipping
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Newspaper clipping
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Letter
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Document
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Document
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Group Photo
L - R Hilda (mother), Digby, Beverly and Rex (father). Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Digby Rex Bell Cosh
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Document
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Photo of Digby Rex Bell Cosh
Digby and sister Joscelyn . Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
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Photo of Digby Rex Bell Cosh
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Commander Digby Rex Bell Cosh
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Commander Digby Rex Bell Cosh
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Commander Digby Rex Bell Cosh
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Commander Digby Rex Bell Cosh
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Commander Digby Rex Bell Cosh
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Commander Digby Rex Bell Cosh
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Commander Digby Rex Bell Cosh
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Commander Digby Rex Bell Cosh
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Commander Digby Rex Bell Cosh
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 280 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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KIRKNEWTON (ST. GREGORY) CHURCHYARD Northumberland, United Kingdom
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