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Military service
Service number:
1000192
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
16th Bn.
Birth:
August 2, 1894
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
Enlistment:
December 13, 1915
Portage La Prairie, Manitoba
Death:
April 3, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
X. A. 2A.
Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Cowan, of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Private William Albert Cowan
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Wimmereux Communal Cemetery
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Cross of Sacrifice
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Grave Marker
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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 679 of 900.
Digital gallery of
Private William Albert Cowan
Digital gallery of
Private William Albert Cowan
Digital gallery of
Private William Albert Cowan
Digital gallery of
Private William Albert Cowan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 390 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Wimereux is a small town situated about 5 kilometres north of Boulogne. From Boulogne take the A16 to Calais and come off at Junction 4. Take the road to Wimereux north, D242, for approximately 2 kilometres, following the road through the roundabout. Take the first turn on the left immediately after the roundabout and the WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY lies approximately 200 metres down this road on the left hand side. The Commonwealth War Graves are situated to the rear of the communal cemetery.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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