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Francis Armitage Cookson

In memory of:

Private Francis Armitage Cookson

September 12, 1916

Military Service

Service Number:

135357

Age:

21

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

19th Bn.

Additional Information

Son of Mrs. Margaret Cookson, of "Somme Cottage," 390, Woodfield Rd., Toronto, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 70 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

SUNKEN ROAD CEMETERY, CONTALMAISON
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

II. B. 27.

Location:

Contalmaison is a village in the Department of the Somme, 6 kilometres east-north-east of Albert. The Sunken Road, from which the cemetery is named, is part of the Contalmaison-Pozieres road, and the cemetery lies a little east of the road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.

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    Memorial – Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
  • Photo of FRANCIS ARMITAGE COOKSON– Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.

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    Photo of FRANCIS ARMITAGE COOKSON – Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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  • Newspaper Clipping 2– Details about his death.

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    Newspaper Clipping 2 – Details about his death.

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