Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Arthur Samuel Cosburn
In memory of:
Corporal Arthur Samuel Cosburn
March 21, 1917
Military Service
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Army
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
"C" Coy. 50th Bn.
Additional Information
November 15, 1879
Son of Samuel and Isabella Cosburn; husband of Maud Phillippa Stanford Cosburn, of 1805, 20th Avenue, N.W., Calgary, Alberta.
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
VILLERS STATION CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France
VI. F. 18.
Villers-au-Bois is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 11 kilometres north-west of Arras. The VILLERS STATION CEMETERY is about 2 kilometres north-west of the village.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Newspaper clipping – From the Calgary Herald. Submitted of the project, Operation: Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – Photo source: news clipping from The Calgary Herald, dated April 9, 1917. -
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Photo of Arthur Samuel Cosburn – He was killed in action at Vimy Ridge, when an incoming artillary shell exploded while he was up on the observation lookout. His military issue Bible is pierced with shrapnel holes and was handed down thru the family. The bear hide he is pictured wearing was padding for the bass drum he played in the battalion bugle band.
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