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Military service
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Military Medal (London Gazette No. 29719, dated 23-August-1916) "At the attack on Sanctuary Wood this N.C.O. displayed great coolness and resource. His C.S.M. was hit also his Company Commander, whom he placed in a place of safety, and then collected the men of his platoon and reorganized digging parties consolidating. He has been through the Battles of Ypres and Festubert May, 1915, when he displayed marked resourcefulness, and ability. In trench warfare at Messines he did excellent patrol work. His character is an exemplary one, and his services deserve recognition."
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Circumstances of Death Registers
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 659 of 900. He was buried behind the front line trench, North of St. Peter Street and corner of Winnipeg trench.Body could not be found during grave concentration process. -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Corporal George T. Cowan, M.M.
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Corporal George Tremaine Cowan
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Corporal George Tremaine Cowan
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Corporal George Tremaine Cowan
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 71 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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