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Military service
Age:
26
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
24th Bn.
Enlistment:
Sarnia, Ontario
Death:
October 1, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Eliza McIntere Cowan, of 322, North Christine St., Sarnia, Ontario, and the late John Cowan.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Stewart Cowan
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Osgoode Hall War Memorial
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Roll of Service
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921. -
The Soldiers' Tower
The Soldiers' Tower was built at University of Toronto between 1919-1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. The names of the fallen were carved on the Memorial Screen seen at photo left. Photo: K. Parks -
Memorial
Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010; courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Inscription
Inscription in Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower. The carillon was installed in 1927. Originally there were 23 bells. Alumni and friends donated funds for bells in memory of those who fell in the Great War. Dedications are carved high on the walls of the Memorial Room. Bell XIV is dedicated: "In memory of the members of Delta Kappa Epsilon who gave their lives in the Great War 1914-1918". Photo courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
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 677 of 900. His grave location was registered as North of Courcelette 5 ½ miles North East of Albert, France. Body could not be found for reburial during the grave concentration process. -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Stewart Cowan
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Stewart Cowan
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Stewart Cowan
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Stewart Cowan
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Stewart Cowan
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Stewart Cowan
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Stewart Cowan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 71 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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