Source: The WW 1 Album of Dorothy Earnshaw.
Find-A-Grave
Note that this soldier is also listed under regimental number 1260396 as he re-enlisted after being wounded and discharged. He enlisted in England.
The Soldier Lover
Yes go sweetheart, I would not not bid [thee] stay
The country calls, then ’tis for thee to obey
What matters if I’m lonely
My soldier lover shall be true
He’ll be brave serving the Red White and Blue
But when the war is over, and the heroes marching home
I’ll be the first to greet you soldier lover of my own
Then farewell dear, God bless you
May you safely dear return to thy home and loved ones waiting
To thy faithful one you left behindPte. A. Cochrane
No. 412697, 18th Can
Toronto, CanadaThanking Miss Earnshaw for her kindness to me while my stay at the Manor House Hospital.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 