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David Coubrough

In memory of:

Private David Coubrough

March 10, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

841884

Age:

31

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

14th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

January 24, 1886

Son of Mr. and Mrs. David Coubrough, of Thornliebank, Glasgow, Scotland.

Commemorated on Page 221 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

LAPUGNOY MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

II. C. 11.

Location:

Lapugnoy is a village and commune in Pas-de-Calais, 6 kilometres west of Bethune. From the centre of Lapugnoy, head south-west on the D70 in the direction of Marles-les-Mines. On the outskirts of the centre there is a crucifix at the side of the main road, turn right here towards Allouagne. After approximately 500 metres there is a track on the left hand side (the Cemetery is signposted here) and the LAPUGNOY MILITARY CEMETERY can be found on the left hand side, approximately 500 metres, along this track.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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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 389 of 900.

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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: CORBI TO COZNI. Microform Sequence 23; Volume Number 31829_B016732. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 167. Page 389 of 900.
  • Photo of David Coubrough– David was born January 24, 1885, in Thornliebank, Scotland, third of 13 children of David Coubrough and Mary S. MacKay Smith. The family moved to Montreal in about 1912. "Young David", an iron worker by trade, was 31 years old, 5' 6" tall, with blue eyes and blond hair when he joined the 14th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment) on March 23, 1916. All of David's surviving brothers, Andrew, Charles, and John, were also in the CEF, but managed to come home in one piece each. Young David was not married at the time of his death, but his father, devastated by the news of his son's death in France, died only two months after his son. (No pictures of David in uniform are known to exist.)

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    Photo of David Coubrough
    Photo of David Coubrough – David was born January 24, 1885, in Thornliebank, Scotland, third of 13 children of David Coubrough and Mary S. MacKay Smith. The family moved to Montreal in about 1912. "Young David", an iron worker by trade, was 31 years old, 5' 6" tall, with blue eyes and blond hair when he joined the 14th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment) on March 23, 1916. All of David's surviving brothers, Andrew, Charles, and John, were also in the CEF, but managed to come home in one piece each. Young David was not married at the time of his death, but his father, devastated by the news of his son's death in France, died only two months after his son. (No pictures of David in uniform are known to exist.)

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