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Peter Wilson Cowan

In memory of:

Private Peter Wilson Cowan

September 18, 1916

Military Service


Service Number:

S/16173

Age:

28

Force:

Army

Unit:

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

Division:

11th Bn.

Additional Information


Son of Alexander Wilson Cowan of Glasgow.

Commemorated on Page 570 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

III. A. 12.

Location:

Dernancourt is a village in the Department of the Somme, 3 kilometres south of Albert. The DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY is a little west of the village, and the EXTENSION is on the north-west side of the Communal Cemetery.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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