Military service
Burial/memorial information
Son of William A. and Edith Marian Cowan, of Guelph, Ontario. Lieutenant William Cowan was a member of the Royal Canadian Infantry Corps, died while serving with the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) as a CANLOAN Officer.
Brother of Captain David Lacy Cowan, who died on October 2, 1944, while serving with the Royal Canadian Engineers.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant William MacDonald Cowan
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Award Citation
Lt William Cowan in RCA uniform prior to CANLOAN -
Photo of David Archer
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of David Archer
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William MacDonald Cowan
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William MacDonald Cowan
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William MacDonald Cowan
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William MacDonald Cowan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 281 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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