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Identity
Person No.
4091
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
Cockburn 3
First Name
James
Initials
J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1890 (±1 yr) 417
Age at Death
26
Death Record
Date of Death
12 October 1916 329
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,654
Killed in action
Military Service
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Regiment
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 26
Unit
4th Bn. 224
Defence Force
UK 4,066
British forces
Location
Country
France 5,136
Locality
Somme 2,465
Cemetery
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 959
Grave Reference
Pier and Face 15 A and 16 C. 1
Coordinates
50.05081, 2.68569 OSM
Memorial
Pier and Face 15 A and 16 C James Cockburn Photograph: South African War Graves Project.
Names on Pier and Face 15 A and 16 C
Memorial
Thiepval Memorial
Location
On the Somme battlefield at Thiepval, overlooking the Ancre valley
Address
8 Rue de l'Ancre, 80300 Thiepval, France
Coordinates
50.05081, 2.68569 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
Pier and Face 15 A and 16 C
On the panel
James Cockburn
Unit History
Home Unit
4th Bn.
Attached To
90th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Notes

Son of James Cockburn, of 3, Hamilton Gardens, Cranbrook Rd., Barkingside, Ilford, Essex. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918

Research notes

Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 15 A and 16 C: named on photograph "James Cockburn". Photograph: South African War Graves Project.

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