George Turner Cockshutt

Rank:

Captain

Unit at enlistment:

19th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Cemetery:

Farringdon Cemetery, Brantford, Ontario

Commemorated at:

Grace Anglican Church

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Brant

Birth city:

Brantford, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

172 Chatham Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

172 Chatham Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Student

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

BX August 18, 1916

Lieut. Cockshutt Is On Way Home

The name of Lieutenant George Turner Cockshutt, 35th Battalion, also appears among the list of those who landed along with Capt. Jeakins at Halifax on Wednesday and arrived in Quebec last night. This is thought to be George, son of W.F. Cockshutt, M.P., although he was formerly with the 19th Battalion. As Mr. W.F. Cockshutt is out of the city it is impossible to ascertain if he had any word to the effect that his son was returning, but friends of the family state that he may have been transferred to the 35th or the numbers have become mixed, and are quite positive that it is Mr. W.F. Cockshutt’s son. The dispatch adds that a large number of the party are wounded; while the others are either back on furlough or due to receive their discharge. As Lieut. Cockshutt has for some time been undergoing treatment in a hospital in England it is quite probable that he has received a well earned furlough and is returning to recuperate.

BX September 11, 1916

Lieutenant George Cockshutt Invalided Home – Went Overseas With the 19th Battalion, Second Contingent

Lieutenant George Turner Cockshutt, son of Hon. Lieut.-Col. W.F. Cockshutt, M.P., has been invalided home from the front, as unfit for service in either France or England, with ear trouble. Lieut. George Cockshutt returned home on the Olympic, the boat which brought another Brantford hero, Capt. Creighton home. Since his return Lieut. Cockshutt has been recuperating in Muskoka.

It was in October, 1914, that Lieut. Cockshutt was moved to Toronto. From Toronto, with the 19th Battalion, which was commanded by Major E.H. Newman, he left for England in May 1915 and about four months later was taken across to France.

BX June 18, 1965

George T. Cockshutt Dies in Hospital at 71

George Turner Cockshutt, 114 St. Paul Avenue, who was associated for many years with the manufacturing company that bears the family name, died this morning in the Brantford General Hospital.

Mr. Cockshutt was born in Brantford 71 years ago, the second son of the late W.F. Cockshutt and Mrs. Cockshutt. He received his education at Lakefield Preparatory School and Upper Canada College.

He was formerly export manager and treasurer of the Cockshutt Farm Equipment Company and retired in 1959 after 46 years’ service.

He was a former vice-president of the Farm Equipment Institute of America, a member of the Brantford Board of Trade (of which he was president for two terms) and a member of the Canadian Export-Import Association.

He served as president of the Brantford Conservative Association, vice president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, and in 1953 was chairman of the Salvation Army’s building campaign.

Mr. Cockshutt had a long military career. He was a lieutenant in the Dufferin Rifles at the outbreak of the First World War, organized the Third Canadian Machine Gun Company and became its first commanding officer. He served overseas with the Canadian Expeditionary Force, with the 19th Battalion and the First Canadian Tank Corps.

He was a member of The Dunes Golf and Country Club in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, the Brant Curling Club, and the Lake of Bays Association.

Surviving are his wife, Marion Chapman Cockshutt; three brothers, W. Ashton Cockshutt and Eric M. Cockshutt of Brantford, and Clarence F. Cockshutt of Noranda, Quebec and two sisters, Miss Maude Cockshutt and Mrs. Phyllis Barker, both of Brantford.

Mr. Cockshutt is at the Beckett Funeral Home. Private Service will be conducted Saturday at 11 a.m. with interment in Farringdon Burial Ground.