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Cornelius McKinney

In memory of:

Company Sergeant Major Cornelius McKinney

October 1, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

178305

Age:

26

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)

Division:

1st Bn.

Citation(s):

Croix de Guerre (Belgium)

Honours and Awards:

Military Medal

Additional Information


Born:

October 1, 1891
Midlothian, Scotland

Son of James and Elizabeth McKinney, of Edinburgh.

Commemorated on Page 461 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

I. A. 20.

Location:

Sancourt is a village in the Department of the Nord 5 kilometres north-west of Cambrai and one kilometre east of the main road to Douai. The SANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY is about 635 metres north-west of the village on the old Douai-Cambrai road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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