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Military service
Age:
19
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
1ST Bn.
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
May 19, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
V. A. 38.
Additional information
Son of Lt. Col. A. A. Cockburn and Mrs. P. C. Cockburn of 195, Roxton Rd., Toronto.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant George Angus Cockburn
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CLEAL TO CONNOLLY. Microform Sequence 21; Volume Number 31829_B016730. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 461 of 1384. -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
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Special monument dedicated to Lt. George Angus Cockburn
Special monument dedicated to Lt. George Angus Cockburn, located in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario. Lt. Cockburn is buried in Belgium. Another plaque appears on the other side of this monument, and is dedicated to Lt. Gordon Allan Cockburn, CFA. -
Memorial Plaque
Detail of memorial plaque. -
Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England -
Photo of GEORGE ANGUS COCKBURN
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant George Angus Cockburn
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant George Angus Cockburn
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant George Angus Cockburn
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant George Angus Cockburn
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant George Angus Cockburn
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant George Angus Cockburn
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant George Angus Cockburn
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant George Angus Cockburn
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant George Angus Cockburn
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 68 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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