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Digital gallery of Private John Cowell
Digital gallery of
Private John Cowell
The Cambridge (Galt) War Memorial, Queen's Square, Cambridge, Ontario. Circa 1930. Frances Loring and William Lyon Somerville.<P>
Inscribed:"TO THEM ALL HONOUR / GUARD YE THEIR VICTORY / 1914-1918 / 1939-1945 / 1950-1953."
Digital gallery of
Private John Cowell
Detail of the Cambridge (Galt) War Memorial.
Digital gallery of
Private John Cowell
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CORBI to COZNI. Microform Sequence 23; Volume Number 31829_B016732. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 167. Page 701 of 900. Originally buried ½ North of Courcelette, 6 miles North East of Albert. His body was subsequently exhumed and re-interred in Adanac Military Cemetery after the Armistice, as part of the concentration of graves process.
Digital gallery of
Private John Cowell
From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War One Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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The Cambridge (Galt) War Memorial, Queen's Square, Cambridge, Ontario. Circa 1930. Frances Loring and William Lyon Somerville.<P> Inscribed:"TO THEM ALL HONOUR / GUARD YE THEIR VICTORY / 1914-1918 / 1939-1945 / 1950-1953."
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Detail of the Cambridge (Galt) War Memorial.
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Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CORBI to COZNI. Microform Sequence 23; Volume Number 31829_B016732. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 167. Page 701 of 900. Originally buried ½ North of Courcelette, 6 miles North East of Albert. His body was subsequently exhumed and re-interred in Adanac Military Cemetery after the Armistice, as part of the concentration of graves process.
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From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War One Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 71 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY Somme, France
Miraumont is a village about 14.5 kilometres north-north-east of Albert and the Cemetery is some 3 kilometres south of the village on the east side of the road to Courcelette (D107). The ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY is signposted in the centre of Miraumont.
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