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Private W COWAN

Service Number: 11387
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Seaforth Highlanders

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 September 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CONTALMAISON CHATEAU CEMETERY

I. B. 20.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alexander Wilson Cowan, J.P., of 13, Davaar St., Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription HE FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT AND DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

CONTALMAISON CHATEAU CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 289
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