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Harvey Watt Cockshutt

In memory of:

Lieutenant Harvey Watt Cockshutt

June 2, 1916
Sanctuary Wood, Belgium

Military Service

Age:

22

Force:

Army

Unit:

4th Canadian Mounted Rifles (2nd Central Ontario Regt.)

Additional Information

Born:

November 27, 1893
Brantford, Ontario

Enlistment:

November 3, 1914
Toronto, Ontario

Son of James Cockshutt of Brantford, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 68 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

ZANTVOORDE BRITISH CEMETERY
Belgium

Grave Reference:

V. J. 5.

Location:

ZANTVOORDE BRITISH CEMETERY is located 8 Km south east of Ieper town centre, on the Kruisekestraat a road leading from the Meenseweg (N8), connecting Ieper to Menen. From Ieper town centre the Meenseweg is located via Torhoutstraat and right onto Basculestraat. Basculestraat ends at a main cross roads, directly over which begins the Meenseweg. 7.5 Km along the Meenseweg in the village of Geluveld lies the right hand turning onto Zandvoordestraat. At the end of the Zandvoordestraat is the left hand turning onto Kriusekestraat. The cemetery itself is located 100 metres along the Kruisekestraat on the left hand side of the road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper Clipping– From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping – From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • 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 511 of 1384. Exhumed from German Cemetery, North of Hollebeke and buried in ZANTVOORDE BRITISH CEMETERY.

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    Circumstances of Death Registers
    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 511 of 1384. Exhumed from German Cemetery, North of Hollebeke and buried in ZANTVOORDE BRITISH CEMETERY.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the London Free Press June 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the London Free Press June 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the London Free Press Feb. 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the London Free Press Feb. 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram June 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram June 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram June 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram June 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram February 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram February 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Brantford Expositor 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Brantford Expositor 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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    Newspaper clipping – From the Brantford Expositor 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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    Newspaper clipping – From the Brantford Expositor 1916. Submitted or the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Harvey Watt Cockshutt– From "The War Book of Upper Canada College", edited by Archibald Hope Young, Toronto, 1923. This book is a Roll of Honour including former students who served during the First World War.

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    Photo of Harvey Watt Cockshutt – From "The War Book of Upper Canada College", edited by Archibald Hope Young, Toronto, 1923. This book is a Roll of Honour including former students who served during the First World War.
  • Memorial Tablet– Lieutenant Harvey Watt Cockshutt is remembered on this brass Memorial Tablet. It was unveiled on May 1st, 1921 in memory of Upper Canada College students who died on active service during the First World War. Upper Canada College is located in Toronto, Ontario.

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    Memorial Tablet
    Memorial Tablet – Lieutenant Harvey Watt Cockshutt is remembered on this brass Memorial Tablet. It was unveiled on May 1st, 1921 in memory of Upper Canada College students who died on active service during the First World War. Upper Canada College is located in Toronto, Ontario.
  • Honour Roll– From the "McGill Honour Roll, 1914-1918". McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1926.

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    Honour Roll – From the "McGill Honour Roll, 1914-1918". McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1926.
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  • Royal Canadian Yacht Club Memorial– The Royal Canadian Yacht Club World War One Memorial, Toronto, Ontario. Images of the 1926 unveiling ceremony and the names listed on the side panels of the sun dial memorial. This unveiling and the photographs were presented in a special edition booklet entitled "In Memoriam 1914-1918".

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    Royal Canadian Yacht Club Memorial
    Royal Canadian Yacht Club Memorial – The Royal Canadian Yacht Club World War One Memorial, Toronto, Ontario. Images of the 1926 unveiling ceremony and the names listed on the side panels of the sun dial memorial. This unveiling and the photographs were presented in a special edition booklet entitled "In Memoriam 1914-1918".
  • Grave Marker– Harvey Watt Cockshutt headstone at Zantvoorde British Cemetery.

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    Grave Marker – Harvey Watt Cockshutt headstone at Zantvoorde British Cemetery.
  • Photo of Harvey Watt Cockshutt

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    Photo of Harvey Watt Cockshutt

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