Joseph Cowan
Birth 24th November 1893 Death 7th Jan 1916 Pvt.Seaforth Highlanders
Service #S/8692
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| Place of Birth | Moresby |
| Residence at Enlistment | 3 Brayton Terrace , Whitehaven |
| Residence (Roll of Honour) | 3 Brayton Terrace , Whitehaven |
| Residence 1911 Census | 45 Irish Street , Whitehaven |
| School(s) Attended | Holy Trinity Elementary School , Whitehaven County Grammar School |
| Religion/Church Attended | Primitive Methodist |
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| Employment/Trade | Student |
| Place of Work | Leeds Teaching College |
| Family (Parents and Grandparents) | William & Nancy Cowen |
| Siblings | Sarah Ann Cowen , Maragaret E Cowen, Mary Cowen , William Cowen, Ella Cowen, Annie Cowen, |
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| Regiment at Enlistment | Seaforth Highlanders |
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| Battalion at Enlistment | Ist |
| Rank at Enlistment | Pvt. |
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| Service Number at Enlistment | S/8692 |
| Date of Enlistment | 1915 |
| Place of Enlistment | Whitehaven |
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| Age at Death | 22 |
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| Date of Death | 7th Jan 1916 |
| Regiment at Death | Seaforth Highlanders |
| Battalion/Vessel at Death | 1st |
| Rank at Death | Pvt |
| Circumstances of Death | Killed In action |
| Service Number at Death | S/8692 |
| Field of Action at Death | Mesopotamia |
| Place of Death | Iraq |
| Battle at Death | |
| Grave/Memorial Image | No image. |
| Location of Grave/Memorial | Basra Memorial |
| Grave Position | Panels 37 and 64 |
| Commonwealth War Graves Commission Link | https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1656482/cowen,-joseph/ |
| Grave/Memorial Country | |
| Private Memorial | WW1 Memorial Cleator Moor Methodists Church , Whitehaven County Grammar School WW1 Plaquw |
| Notes | His name is on the Cleator Moor Primitive Methodist Church War Memorial (for the Circuit)- sometimes known as the ‘Upstairs/Downstairs’ Church. Subsequent to the closure of that church this memorial is now situated in the Cleator Moor Methodist Church on the square. |
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| Link #1 | https://www.myprimitivemethodists.org.uk/content/subjects-2/first_world_war/world_war_1_obituaries-2/joseph-cowen |