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George Jackson Coward

In memory of:

Corporal George Jackson Coward

September 11, 1916

Military Service

Service Number:

430629

Age:

23

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)

Division:

10th

Additional Information

Son of William Jackson Coward and Eleanor Coward (nee Pack), of Sidney, British Columbia.

Commemorated on Page 71 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

IV. H. 2.

Location:

Pozieres is a village some 6 kilometres north-east of Albert, and the POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY, which is enclosed by the Pozieres Memorial, is a little south-west of the village on the north side of the main road, D929, from Albert to Pozieres.

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 685 of 900. Exhumed from Mouquet Farm and Thiepval- Pozieres Road, 4 miles North Eat of Albert and re-interred at POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY during the concentration of graves process.

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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 685 of 900. Exhumed from Mouquet Farm and Thiepval- Pozieres Road, 4 miles North Eat of Albert and re-interred at POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY during the concentration of graves process.
  • Photo of GEORGE JACKSON COWARD– From the Daily Colonist of October 1, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y253uvic/page/n6/mode/1up?view=theater

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    Photo of GEORGE JACKSON COWARD
    Photo of GEORGE JACKSON COWARD – From the Daily Colonist of October 1, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y253uvic/page/n6/mode/1up?view=theater

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