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Digby Rex Bell Cosh

In memory of:

Lieutenant Commander Digby Rex Bell Cosh

June 24, 1944

Military Service


Age:

25

Force:

Navy

Unit:

Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve

Division:

H.M.C.S. Niobe

Honours and Awards:

Distinguished Service Cross

Additional Information


Commemorated on Page 280 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

KIRKNEWTON (ST. GREGORY) CHURCHYARD
Northumberland, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Grave 11.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Group Photo– L - R Hilda (mother), Digby, Beverly and Rex (father). Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Digby Rex Bell Cosh– Digby and sister Joscelyn . Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Digby Rex Bell Cosh– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Digby Rex Bell Cosh– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Document– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Letter– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Document– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Document– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Grave marker– Kirknewton (St. Gregory) Churchyard
  • Stained Glass Window– Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades.

2529 Lieutenant Commander Digby Rex Bell  Cosh DSO (RMC 1936) He served with the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve Division aboard H.M.C.S. Niobe. He died on Jun 24, 1944. He was buried in grave 11, Kirknewton (St. Gregory) Churchyard, Northumberland, United Kingdom.
  • Memorial– Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades.

2529 Lieutenant Commander Digby Rex Bell  Cosh DSO (RMC 1936) He served with the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve Division aboard H.M.C.S. Niobe. He died on Jun 24, 1944. He was buried in grave 11, Kirknewton (St. Gregory) Churchyard, Northumberland, United Kingdom.
  • Plaque– Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades.

2529 Lieutenant Commander Digby Rex Bell  Cosh DSO (RMC 1936) He served with the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve Division aboard H.M.C.S. Niobe. He died on Jun 24, 1944. He was buried in grave 11, Kirknewton (St. Gregory) Churchyard, Northumberland, United Kingdom.
  • Photo of Digby Cosh– Digby Cosh in his early twenties, photographed by Yousuf Karsh.
  • Photo of Digby Cosh– Lieutenant Commander Digby Cosh in his early twenties, photographed by Yousuf Karsh.
  • Photo of Digby Rex Bell Cosh– Lt Commander Digby Rex Bell Cosh, before a flight.
  • Memorial– Memorial stair, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario
  • Memorial Arch– Memorial arch, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario

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