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Herbert Cowell

In memory of:

Private Herbert Cowell

September 26, 1916

Military Service

Service Number:

81183

Age:

24

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

8th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

September 10, 1892

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:

REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

III. F. 30.

Location:

Courcelette is a village about 8 kilometres north-east of Albert (next to the main road D929 Albert-Bapaume). The REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY lies about 1.5 kilometres north-west of the village. The REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY (signposted in the centre of Courcelette) is 1.5 kilometres down a single track lane (suitable for cars).

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Hamilton Spectator 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Hamilton Spectator 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • 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 697 of 900. Originally buried West of Courcelette, 4 ¾ miles North North East of Albert. His body was subsequently exhumed and re-interred in Regina Trench Cemetery after the Armistice, as part of 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 697 of 900. Originally buried West of Courcelette, 4 ¾ miles North North East of Albert. His body was subsequently exhumed and re-interred in Regina Trench Cemetery after the Armistice, as part of the concentration of graves process.

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