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Military service
Service number:
110102
Age:
24
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
87th Bn.
Birth:
April 10, 1892
Enlistment:
Montreal, Québec
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
1.A.39.
Additional information
Son of Micheal Cooney and of Annie Cooney (nee Doyle), of 10008-108 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Digital gallery of Corporal Francis Gordon Cooney
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Circumstances of Death
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CONNON TO CORBETT. Microform Sequence 22; Volume Number 31829_B016731. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 166. Page 485 of 818. Corporal Francis Gordon Cooney was originally buried in a grave located ½ mile South of Givenchy-en-Gohelle, 4 1/4 miles South-West of Lens. His body was subsequently exhumed and re-interred at CANADIAN CEMETERY No. 2 as part of the process of the burial of the dead recovered from surrounding battlefields and from isolated graves which were transferred into the cemetery over a period of years after the Armistice. -
Press Clipping
source: Morning Bulletin (Edmonton); May 7, 1917, page 2 -
Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Canadian Cemetery No. 2 is located by the grounds of Canada's Vimy Memorial. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres north of Arras, France. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Cemetery
Canadian Cemetery No. 2 - The Canadian Cemetery No. 2 is located on Vimy Ridge and is attached to the grounds of Canada's Vimy Memorial. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres north of Arras, France.(John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Inscription
Epitaph (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Cenotaph
Corporal Francis Gordon Cooney is also commemorated on the WWI cenotaph in Orillia, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cenotaph
Corporal Francis Gordon Cooney is also commemorated on the WWI cenotaph in Orillia, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Saint John (New Brunswick) Daily Telegraph newspaper c.1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Saint John (New Brunswick) Daily Telegraph newspaper c.1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Corporal Francis Gordon Cooney
Digital gallery of
Corporal Francis Gordon Cooney
Digital gallery of
Corporal Francis Gordon Cooney
Digital gallery of
Corporal Francis Gordon Cooney
Digital gallery of
Corporal Francis Gordon Cooney
Digital gallery of
Corporal Francis Gordon Cooney
Digital gallery of
Corporal Francis Gordon Cooney
Digital gallery of
Corporal Francis Gordon Cooney
Digital gallery of
Corporal Francis Gordon Cooney
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 220 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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