Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Circumstances of Death – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CONNON TO CORBETT. Microform Sequence 22; Volume Number 31829_B016731. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 166. Page 485 of 818. Corporal Francis Gordon Cooney was originally buried in a grave located ½ mile South of Givenchy-en-Gohelle, 4 1/4 miles South-West of Lens. His body was subsequently exhumed and re-interred at CANADIAN CEMETERY No. 2 as part of the process of the burial of the dead recovered from surrounding battlefields and from isolated graves which were transferred into the cemetery over a period of years after the Armistice.

Cenotaph – Corporal Francis Gordon Cooney is also commemorated on the WWI cenotaph in Orillia, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Cenotaph – Corporal Francis Gordon Cooney is also commemorated on the WWI cenotaph in Orillia, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Press Clipping – source: Morning Bulletin (Edmonton); May 7, 1917, page 2

Cemetery – Canadian Cemetery No. 2 - The Canadian Cemetery No. 2 is located on Vimy Ridge and is attached to the grounds of Canada's Vimy Memorial. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres north of Arras, France.(John & Anne Stephens 2013)

Grave Marker – The grave marker at the Canadian Cemetery No. 2 is located by the grounds of Canada's Vimy Memorial. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres north of Arras, France. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013)

Inscription – Epitaph (John & Anne Stephens 2013)