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Private THOMAS COWAN

Service Number: 7873
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Scots Guards

"G" Coy. 2nd/1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 November 1914

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KORTRIJK (ST. JAN) COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Sp. Mem. 14.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Elizabeth Cowan, of Kelty, Fife; husband of Margaret Reilly (formerly Cowan), of 5951, Marcus Avenue, Detroit, Mich., U.S.A.
  • Personal Inscription THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT
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Buried or commemorated at

KORTRIJK (ST. JAN) COMMUNAL CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 255
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