James Cowan
Military Details
Service Number: S/17807
Regiment & Unit / Ship
5th Cameron Highlanders
Awards and Medals
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Place of Enlistment
Whitehaven
Rank at Enlistment
Pvt
Battalion at Enlistment
5th
Service Number at Enlistment
S/17807
Personal Details
Date of Birth
1894
Place of Birth
Whitehaven
Religion
Primitive Methodist
Address
53 George Street , Whitehaven
Residence (Census)
20 Peter Stree,Whitehaven
Residence (Roll of Honour)
53 George Street , Whitehaven
Parents
John & Sarah Ann
Siblings
Foster ,Henry,Francis,Albert, Robert,Evelyn
Family Connection
Foster Hunter (Cowen)
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Miner
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
12th October 1916
Age at Death
22
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action
Place of Death
Somme
Theater of Action
France
Battle
Battle of the Ancre
Regiment at Death
Cameron Highlanders
Battalion/Vessel at Death
5th
Buried or Commemorated at
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
France
Grave Position: Pier and Face 15 B
Private Memorial: Primitive Methodists Roll of Honour/Methodist Church Cleator Moor
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