Military service
Service number:
706635
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles (British Columbia Regt.)
Birth:
March 7, 1896
Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Enlistment:
January 13, 1916
Victoria, British Columbia
Death:
October 30, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 30 and 32
Additional information
Son of George and C. Cowie, of Home Farm, Rothie Norman, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Digital gallery of Private John Cowie
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Photo of John Cowie
From Vol 1 of Letters From The Front By The Canadian Bank Of Commerce. -
Inscription
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
James Cowie is commemorated on this memorial tablet in Fort Langley, British Columbia. -
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 721 of 900. -
Photo of JOHN COWIE
In memory of the employees from the Canadian Bank Of Commerce (CIBC) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private John Cowie
Digital gallery of
Private John Cowie
Digital gallery of
Private John Cowie
Digital gallery of
Private John Cowie
Digital gallery of
Private John Cowie
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 221 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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Service record(s)
Digitized personnel record available through Library and Archives Canada.
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