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Digital gallery of Private Herbert Cowell
Digital gallery of
Private Herbert 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 697 of 900. Originally buried West of Courcelette, 4 ¾ miles North North East of Albert. His body was subsequently exhumed and re-interred in Regina Trench Cemetery after the Armistice, as part of the concentration of graves process.
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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 697 of 900. Originally buried West of Courcelette, 4 ¾ miles North North East of Albert. His body was subsequently exhumed and re-interred in Regina Trench Cemetery after the Armistice, as part of the concentration of graves process.
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From the Hamilton Spectator 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 71 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY Somme, France
Courcelette is a village about 8 kilometres north-east of Albert (next to the main road D929 Albert-Bapaume). The REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY lies about 1.5 kilometres north-west of the village.
The REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY (signposted in the centre of Courcelette) is 1.5 kilometres down a single track lane (suitable for cars).
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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