Lieutenant George Angus Cockburn
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Cockburn,
George Angus
Date of birth: 1894-09-28
Place of birth: Toronto Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Angus Cockburn, father. 195 Roxton Road, Toronto, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): clerk
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1916-05-19
Cause of death:
Died of wounds
Buried:
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, V. A. 38.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 9546
Highest Rank:
Lieutenant
(1st Battalion)
Rank detail
- Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1916-01-30 to 1916-05-19
- Corporal, 3rd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1915-09-18 to 1916-01-29
- Lance Corporal, 3rd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1915-05-16 to 1915-09-18
- Private, 3rd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1914-09-22 to 1915-05-16
- Private, 3rd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1914-10-26 to 1915-05-16
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Wounded May 18, 1916 at Kemmel
Commemoration location: Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 432180
LAC ID:
107626
Service file: B1829-S003
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Lt. Col. Angus Alexander Cockburn, 182nd Battalion, and Phoebe Georgina Cockburn
Prior service with QOR. See commemoration here
Uploader's Research notes: 3rd Battalion Nominal Roll [Private Army Canadian Infantry 3rd Battalion D Company Lance Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 3rd Battalion D Company Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 3rd Battalion D Company Commissioned Private Army Canadian Infantry 3rd Battalion No. 4 Company Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 1st Battalion Commission confirmed in London Gazette No. 29475, February 15, 1916, pg. 1698 ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2020-03-14