Pvt
Joseph Cowan
Military Details
Service Number: S/8692
Regiment & Unit / Ship
1st Seaforth Highlanders
Enlisted
1915
Awards and Medals
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Date of Enlistment
1915
Place of Enlistment
Whitehaven
Residence at Enlistment
3 Brayton Terrace , Whitehaven
Rank at Enlistment
Pvt.
Battalion at Enlistment
Ist
Service Number at Enlistment
S/8692
Personal Details
Date of Birth
24th November 1893
Place of Birth
Moresby
Religion
Primitive Methodist
Address
3 Brayton Terrace , Whitehaven
Residence (Census)
45 Irish Street , Whitehaven
Residence (Roll of Honour)
3 Brayton Terrace , Whitehaven
Parents
William & Nancy Cowen
Siblings
Sarah Ann Cowen , Maragaret E Cowen, Mary Cowen , William Cowen, Ella Cowen, Annie Cowen,
Education and Occupation
School
Holy Trinity Elementary School , Whitehaven County Grammar School
Occupation
Student
Work Address
Leeds Teaching College
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
7th January 1916
Age at Death
22
Circumstances of Death
Killed In action
Place of Death
Iraq
Theater of Action
Mesopotamia
Regiment at Death
Seaforth Highlanders
Battalion/Vessel at Death
1st
Rank at Death
Pvt
Notes
His name is on the Cleator Moor Primitive Methodist Church War Memorial (for the Circuit)- sometimes known as the ‘Upstairs/Downstairs’ Church. Subsequent to the closure of that church this memorial is now situated in the Cleator Moor Methodist Church on the square.
Buried or Commemorated at
Basra Memorial
Grave Position: Panels 37 and 64
Private Memorial: WW1 Memorial Cleator Moor Methodists Church , Whitehaven County Grammar School WW1 Plaquw
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