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Military service
Service number:
45069
Age:
21
Rank:
Sapper
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Engineers
Division:
3rd Field Coy.
Birth:
August 10, 1893
Death:
April 27, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 10
Additional information
Son of Mrs. Kathleen Cossey, of Norwich, England.
Digital gallery of Sapper Herbert William Cossey
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Memorial
Menin Gate - August 2012 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Panel 10 of the Menin Gate - August 2012 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Inscription
Inscription on the Menin Gate - August 2012 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Inscription on Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CORBI TO COZNI. Microform Sequence 23; Volume Number 31829_B016732. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 167. Page 281 of 900. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sapper Herbert William Cossey
Digital gallery of
Sapper Herbert William Cossey
Digital gallery of
Sapper Herbert William Cossey
Digital gallery of
Sapper Herbert William Cossey
Digital gallery of
Sapper Herbert William Cossey
Digital gallery of
Sapper Herbert William Cossey
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 10 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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