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Military service
Service number:
412210
Age:
37
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
18th Bn.
Birth:
November 4, 1879
Enlistment:
Belleville, Ontario
Death:
April 12, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Robert and Emily Cokell; husband of Eliza Moore (formerly Cokell).
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private William Cokell
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Newspaper Clipping
Pte. William Cokell was a widower when he enlisted in the Canadian army. His surname was misspelled in this article. -
Inscription
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William Cokell
Digital gallery of
Private William Cokell
Digital gallery of
Private William Cokell
Digital gallery of
Private William Cokell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 218 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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