THE VICTORIA CROSS AWARDED TO SERGEANT AUBREY COSENS, 1ST BN, QUEEN'S OWN RIFLES OF CANADA, HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED TO THE CANADIAN WAR MUSEUM. |
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15 January 2025 |
"On Monday, 26th February 2024 members of the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada Regimental Trust and the Regimental Museum oversaw the transfer of Sergeant Aubrey Cosens' Victoria Cross to the Canadian War Museum. The VC was not accompanied by the campaign medals. While the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada Trust would have been proud to exhibit the Cosens' Victoria Cross the Trust has never been able to display it securely within the regimental museum. As a result the Cross had been held in storage for many years". A replica Victoria Cross and the original campaign medals are held by the Queen's Own Rifles of Canadan Trust in Toronto and are on display in the regimental museum. For the award of the Victoria Cross [ London Gazette, 22 May 1945 ], Moosehof, The Netherlands, 25 - 26 February 1945, Sergeant Aubrey Cosens, 1st Bn, Queen's Own Rifles of Canada
In Holland, on the night of 25th / 26th February, 1945, the 1st Battalion, The Queen's Own Rifles, of Canada, launched an attack on the hamlet of Mooshof, to capture ground which was considered essential for the successful development of future operations. Aubrey Cosens died during his VC action and is buried in the Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, Nijmegen. |
Iain Stewart, 15 January 2025