Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Francis Armitage Cookson
In memory of:
Private Francis Armitage Cookson
September 12, 1916
Military Service
135357
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Army
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
19th Bn.
Additional Information
Son of Mrs. Margaret Cookson, of "Somme Cottage," 390, Woodfield Rd., Toronto, Ontario.
Commemorated on Page 70 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
SUNKEN ROAD CEMETERY, CONTALMAISON
Somme, France
II. B. 27.
Contalmaison is a village in the Department of the Somme, 6 kilometres east-north-east of Albert. The Sunken Road, from which the cemetery is named, is part of the Contalmaison-Pozieres road, and the cemetery lies a little east of the road.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Memorial – Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
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Photo of FRANCIS ARMITAGE COOKSON – Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
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Newspaper Clipping 2 – Details about his death.
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