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Frederick Sleigh Roberts McCoss

In memory of:

Private Frederick Sleigh Roberts McCoss

August 28, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

237666

Age:

25

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Machine Gun Corps

Division:

2nd Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

June 30, 1893

Son of David B. and Annie McCoss, of Aberdeen, Scotland.

Commemorated on Page 454 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

SUN QUARRY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

B. 27.

Location:

Cherisy is a village approximately 13 kilometres south-east of Arras. The Cemetery is 1.5 kilometres south-east of the village on the north-east side of the D38 road to Hendecourt. Cherisy village was captured by the Allied 18th Division on May 3, 1917, but lost the same night; and it remained in German hands until it was retaken by the Canadian Corps on August 27, 1918. The cemetery takes it name from a flint quarry, known to the British Army as Sun Quarry, located a short distance south-east of Cherisy. The Cemetery covers an area of 462 square metres and is enclosed by brick walls.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Grave Marker– Grave marker - Sun Quarry Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Newspaper Clipping
  • Commemorative Plaque– WWI Memorial Plaque for the 204th (Beavers) Battalion located in Old City 
Hall, Queen St., Toronto, Ontario.
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Hall. Front of the Hall is the city¿s cenotaph.

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