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Son of Frederick William and Elizabeth Rowsell, of Camrose, Alberta. Native of Somerset, England.
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Private Harold William Rowsell
Pte. Harold Rowsell (left) with sister Gertrude Rowsell (centre) and Sydney Rowsell (left) on porch in Camrose, Alberta.
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Private Harold William Rowsell
Harold Rowsell, 1915
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Private Harold William Rowsell
Harold in January 1917, somewhere in France
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Private Harold William Rowsell
Harold in June 1917, somewhere in France
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Private Harold William Rowsell
Harold in March 1918, somewhere in France
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Private Harold William Rowsell
15th Bn cap badge. Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team.
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Private Harold William Rowsell
Shoulder patch worn by 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada). Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team
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Private Harold William Rowsell
The 15th Battalion memorial at Hendecourt-les-Cagnicourt, France on the site of the wooded hill known during the war as ‘The Crow’s Nest’. The 15th Battalion assaulted and captured ‘The Crow’s Nest”on 01 Sept 1918 in the opening phase of the Canadian attack on the Drocourt-Queant Line. The memorial was dedicated on 26 April 2010 to those of the 15th Battalion who fell here and in the breakthrough of the D-Q line in early September 1918.
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Private Harold William Rowsell
Cap badge of the 51st Bn which he originally joined before being sent to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Photo BGen Young 15th Bn Memorial Project.
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Private Harold William Rowsell
Photo by BGen (ret`d) G. Young, submitted by Capt (ret`d) V. Goldman 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Private Harold William Rowsell
Record of Service Card (front side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Private Harold William Rowsell
Record of Service Card (reverse side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Private Harold William Rowsell
Pt II Orders 15th Bn dated 10/9/1918 noting fatal casualties suffered 31 Aug to 2 Sep 1918. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Pte. Harold Rowsell (left) with sister Gertrude Rowsell (centre) and Sydney Rowsell (left) on porch in Camrose, Alberta.
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Harold Rowsell, 1915
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Harold in January 1917, somewhere in France
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Harold in June 1917, somewhere in France
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Harold in March 1918, somewhere in France
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15th Bn cap badge. Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Shoulder patch worn by 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada). Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team DILEAS GU BRATH
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The 15th Battalion memorial at Hendecourt-les-Cagnicourt, France on the site of the wooded hill known during the war as ‘The Crow’s Nest’. The 15th Battalion assaulted and captured ‘The Crow’s Nest”on 01 Sept 1918 in the opening phase of the Canadian attack on the Drocourt-Queant Line. The memorial was dedicated on 26 April 2010 to those of the 15th Battalion who fell here and in the breakthrough of the D-Q line in early September 1918. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Cap badge of the 51st Bn which he originally joined before being sent to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Photo BGen Young 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Photo by BGen (ret`d) G. Young, submitted by Capt (ret`d) V. Goldman 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Record of Service Card (front side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Record of Service Card (reverse side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Pt II Orders 15th Bn dated 10/9/1918 noting fatal casualties suffered 31 Aug to 2 Sep 1918. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. DILEAS GU BRATH
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 495 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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DOMINION CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Hendecourt-les-Cagnicourt is in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 16 kilometres south-east of Arras and 4 kilometres south of the Arras-Cambrai main road.
DOMINION CEMETERY is 2.5 kilometres north-east of the village, about 545 metres from the road.
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