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Lance Corporal JOSEPH JOHN COWAN

Service Number: 799044
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

"C" Coy. 19th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 August 1918

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIGNY-ST. FLOCHEL BRITISH CEMETERY, AVERDOINGT

II. D. 19.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of William and Jane Cowan, of Kinnelknock, St. Anns, Lockerbie, Scotland. Born at Edgemoor, Dumfries, Scotland.
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Buried or commemorated at

LIGNY-ST. FLOCHEL BRITISH CEMETERY, AVERDOINGT
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 678
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