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Alexander Cowan

In memory of:

Private Alexander Cowan

October 1, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

823264

Age:

36

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)

Division:

1st Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

June 25, 1882

Son of Isaac and Isabel Cowan.

Commemorated on Page 390 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

SANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord, France

Grave Reference:

I. D. 18.

Location:

Sancourt is a village in the Department of the Nord 5 kilometres north-west of Cambrai and one kilometre east of the main road to Douai. The SANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY is about 635 metres north-west of the village on the old Douai-Cambrai road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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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 645 of 900.

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    Circumstances of Death Registers
    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 645 of 900.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the London Free Press October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the London Free Press October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the London Free Press October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the London Free Press October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the London Free Press November 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the London Free Press November 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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