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15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada), Canadian Expeditionary Force
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Pte. Samuel Henry Cochrane 48th Highlanders of Canada My father, Samuel Cochrane was wounded at the Battle of Vimy Ridge on or about 10th of April 1917. He was first sent to a Canadian Field Hospital near Outreau, France and then to High Barnet Hospital on the 15th of April, 1917. On the 9th of May he transferred to Woodcote Park Convalescent Hospital. After recuperating, he returned to the Front. On the 6th of April, he returned to Canada and was discharged from the Army. He re-enlisted in the Canadian Army on or about 1940/41 and trained recruits for the Regina Rifle Regiment, which distinguished itself on D-Day. My father passed away in 1964 in Regina, Saskatchewan.
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Pte. Samuel Henry Cochrane 15th Battalion Samuel Cochrane was wounded at Vimy Ridge on the 9th or 10th of April 1917 and admitted to hospital on on 15th April 15th.
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Pte. Harold Romilly Garnault Agassiz 15th Btn. (d.26th September 1916) Harold Agassiz was born 3rd August 1878 son of Jessie Agassiz, husband of Eugene Agassiz of 126 Silver Birch Avenue, Toronto, Canada. In 1891 census he is shown living with his mother in Clarendon Street, Bedford. He served with 15th Battalion, Canadian Infantry and was killed in action on 26th September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme just beyond Courcelette and is buried in Courcelette British Cemetery, France. A pupil of of Bedford Modern School 1890-93, he is commemorated on the School War Memorial, which was unveiled in 1923 and in the Roll of Honour, published in The Eagle, December 1923, The Old Boys of this School who, as in duty bound, laid down their lives in a great cause. Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.
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Sgt. Patrick William Berne 15th (Central Ontario) Battalion (d.9th Apr 1917) Sgt. Patrick Berne was the son of Connor and B. H. Berne, of 3, Montpelier Place, Blackrock, Co. Dublin. He served with the Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment) 15th Battalion. He was killed in action in April 1917 aged 29 and was buried in Arras Road Cemetery. He is commemorated on Mem. 6. in Nine Elms Military Cemetery, Thelus.
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