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Military service
Service number:
420717
Age:
36
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
16th Bn.
Enlistment:
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of the late John and Elizabeth Cowper, of Edinburgh, Scotland; husband of Helena Cowper, of Glasgow, Scotland.
Digital gallery of Corporal James Alexander Cowper
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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 757 of 900. -
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)
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Corporal James Alexander Cowper
Digital gallery of
Corporal James Alexander Cowper
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 221 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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