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Second Lieutenant JAMES McCOWAN

Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Wales Borderers

Date of Death

Died 16 June 1918

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SANDPITS BRITISH CEMETERY, FOUQUEREUIL

II. F. 9.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 7th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alexander and Mary McCowan, of Glasgow. Enlisted in the Glasgow R.A.M.C. (T.) at the age of 17, being at that time a medical student.
  • Personal Inscription THE FLOWERS O' THE FOREST ARE A ' WEDE AWA '
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