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Military service
Service number:
442360
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
54th Bn.
Birth:
May 7, 1893
Enlistment:
Nelson, British Columbia
Death:
September 17, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18 - 24 - 26 - 30
Additional information
Son of Alexander Cowe, of Comrie, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Digital gallery of Private William Alexander Cowe
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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 693 of 900. -
Inscription
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Private William Alexander Cowe
Digital gallery of
Private William Alexander Cowe
Digital gallery of
Private William Alexander Cowe
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 71 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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