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Military service
Service number:
2293381
Age:
30
Rank:
Trooper
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians), R.C.A.C.
Birth:
February 18, 1888
Enlistment:
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
April 2, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of William and Emma Jane Cowling, of 8, Laburnum Row, Callington, Cornwall, England.
Digital gallery of Trooper William George Cowling
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Honour roll
British Home Children World War 1 Honour Roll -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Inscription
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Circumstances of death registers
Circumstances of Death
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Trooper William George Cowling
Digital gallery of
Trooper William George Cowling
Digital gallery of
Trooper William George Cowling
Digital gallery of
Trooper William George Cowling
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 390 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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