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Military service
Service number:
K/52709
Age:
43
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Seaforth Highlanders of Canada
Death:
September 1, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. F. 7.
Additional information
Son of William Cowan and of Agnes Cowan (nee Spencer), of North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal James Matthew Cowan
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Memorial
Lance Corporal James Matthew Cowan is remembered on a marker located next to the Cowan family memorial in Banff Cemetery, Banff, Alberta. -
Memorial
The Cowan family memorial is the larger monument in this photo. The marker laid flat to the ground next to this memorial includes a dedication to Lance Corporal James Matthew Cowan, and is also for David Cowan (1898-1911). Banff Cemetery, Banff, Alberta. -
Family Marker
A view of the Cowan family memorial. Banff Cemetery, Banff, Alberta. -
Inscription
Inscription on the Cowan family memorial. Banff Cemetery, Banff, Alberta. -
Cemetery
General view of the Banff Cemetery, Banff, Alberta. Photo taken September 2010. -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal James Matthew Cowan
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal James Matthew Cowan
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal James Matthew Cowan
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal James Matthew Cowan
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal James Matthew Cowan
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal James Matthew Cowan
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal James Matthew Cowan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 281 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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