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Military service
Service number:
R/99552
Age:
22
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
420 Sqdn.
Death:
March 29, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
10. C. 16.
Additional information
Son of Arthur John and Lillian Brooks Cockaday, of London, Ontario. Husband of Gladys Marie Cockaday, of London.
Brother of Private George Cockaday who died on August 14, 1944, while serving with the Highland Light Infantry of Canada.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Cecil William Cockaday
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Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of CECIL WILLIAM COCKADAY
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Sergeant Cecil William Cockaday is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Sergeant Cecil William Cockaday is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star June 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star June 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Cecil William Cockaday
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Cecil William Cockaday
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Cecil William Cockaday
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Cecil William Cockaday
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Cecil William Cockaday
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Cecil William Cockaday
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Cecil William Cockaday
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Cecil William Cockaday
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Cecil William Cockaday
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 147 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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