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World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment
Dvr. Fred Couzens
British Army 35th Battery Royal Field Artillery
from:Pucklechurch, Bristol
Fred Couzens signed up on 7th of July 1914. He held the rank of driver. His pension record says he suffered from nerves on discharge when examined in Edinburgh in Dec 1918.
Pte. Wiliam Walter Couzens
Australian Army 47th Battalion
from:Doolbi via Childers
Rfmn. Harry Cove
British Army 16th (St. Pancras) Btn Rifle Brigade
from:Camden Town, London
(d.3rd Sep 1916)
Rflmn. John Cove
British Army 9th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps
from:28 Coopers Rd., Camberwell, London
(d.25th Sep 1915)
John Cove served with the 9th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps and died on the 25th of September 1915.
Pte. William Covel
British Army Royal Berkshire Regiment
from:Bromley by Bow.
My grandfather, William Covel I believe served with the Royal Berkshire Regiment during WW1 and was wounded during the Somme battle, he was left for dead in no mans land, after 3 or 4 days he was recovered and because of his wounds was given the last rites. Being a tough Eastender he made a recovery and was shipped back home. My mother told me this story and my auntie who were both grateful that there father to be returned safe and well. Bill passed away peacefully in our home Boxing day 1971 and is buried alongside my Nan in Falconwood cemetery south east London. As far as I know he never had any military honours. My mother is 90 years old today and always smiles when you mention her Father Bill.
C/Sgt Arthur Cranley Coveney
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment
(d.13th May 1915)
Colour Serjeant Arthur Cranley Coveney attd. 2nd Bn.Nigeria Regiment, W.A.F.F.
He was 38 when he died and is buried in the Loko Military Grave In Nigeria.
Sgt. Charles Coverdale
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Sgt. Miles Coverdale
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. Edward Emmanuel Covill
British Army 52nd Btn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
from:March, Cambridgeshire
(d.29 November 1918)
Pte. Herbert "Bert" Covill
British Army 13th Battalion King's Liverpool
from:Manchester
(d.8th October 1918)
Gnr. W. J. Covington
British Army 2nd Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
(d.19th August 1917)
Pte, Alexander Cowan
Australian Imperial Force 12th Battalion
from:Perth, Western Australia
My great grandfather, Alex Cowan, enlisted in the Australian Imperial Forces in 1916. His journey to Larkhill, England took a full 2 months where he spent 1 month before being shipped to France, departing from Southampton. He was wounded in action after severe injuries to his toe and was shipped back to England where he spent a full month hospitalised at Kitchener before being shipped home to Australia.
He was originally from Troon in Scotland and was merely 25 years old when he enlisted in the AIF. He was safely returned to his wife, Sarah and his daughter, Lottie (Charlotte) my grandmother in 1918. He eventually passed away at the age of 50 in 1941.
Pte. Arthur Cowan
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
(d.1st Jul 1916)
Arthur Cowan is remembered on the Theipval Memorial.
2nd.Lt. Douglas Cowan
British Army Northumberland Fusiliers
Based upon his Medal Rolls Index Card, Private Douglas Cowan served with the Northumberland Fusiliers, entered the French theatre on 20th of April 1915. Effective 1st of August 1917, he was gazetted as a temporary 2nd Lieutenant in his same regiment published in the Supplement To The London Gazette, 29th of August 1917, page 8975.
At some point during his war service, he was attached to the 89th Labour Group, no specifics about this unit or Douglas Cowan's function within it were available.
According to the Correspondence section of 2nd Lieutenant Cowan's Medal Rolls Index Card, his addresses after the war were, Egremont, Roker Baths Road, Roker, Sunderland and 19 Ripon Street, Roker, Sunderland. Unfortunately, 2nd Lieutenant Cowan's service record information is unavailable.
L/Cpl. Edgar Cowan
British Army 2nd Battalion Nottingham and Derbyshire
from:Manchester
Edgar Cowan is my wife's grandfather. According to family history, he first enlisted in the Boar War. While in Africa it was discovered he was underage and he was discharged.
Upon WWI he was with the 2nd Battalion, Nottingham and Derbyshire Regiment. According to records, as a Lance Corporal he was captured by the Germans. Sometime during his imprisonment, he escaped. Once back in United Kingdom, he went on speaking engagements throughout England.
Edward Cowan
US Army 120th Machine Gun Battalion
Edward Cowan was my 1st Cousin 3 times removed. Unfortunately, we do not know much about him. My grandmother recently passed away and we came upon this newspaper from March 31, 1918 with his photo and military information.
James Cowan
British Army Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
from:Greenoch
(d.1917)
James Cowan was my great grandad. Sadly, I know little about him except he was a sniper and he was 25 when he was killed in Arras where he now rests. I have been to where he is buried twice. The 1st time we planted heather the 2nd time it had taken. He left a wife whose name I don't know and two boys, my grandad also called James, and his brother Hughie, who moved to America. I would love to know more about my great grandad.
Pte. James Matthew Cowan
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Silver War badge
Dvr John R. Cowan
Royal Field Artillery 126th Bde.
(d.10th Sept 1918)
John died in September 1918 and was a driver in the Royal Field Artillery. I am trying to piece together his family history and descendants who I believe include a son born shortly before he was killed.
There is a photograph which I believe is him and showing him in uniform with breeches and a collar and tie. Would this have been correct for his rank in the RFA?
Pte. Peter Cowan
British Army 7th Btn. Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
from:Holytown, Scotland
(d.10th April 1917)
Pte. Donald James Cowap
British Army 12th Btn. Kings Regiment (Liverpool)
from:16 St. Johns Road, Waterloo, Liverpool
(d.16th Sep 1916)
Donald Cowap was the son of John and Victoria Cowap of Waterloo, Liverpool. He had two brothers Charles Overed Netherton and Arthur Victor Cowap who all served in WW1. Donald joined the 12th Battalion, Kings Liverpool Regiment on 1st of September 1914 at Seaforth, Liverpool aged 25 years and 60 days. He was posted to Flanders and France. He died of his wounds aged 27 on Saturday 16th of September 1916 and is buried at La Neuville British Cemetery, Corbie, Somme, France. His mother received his personal effects on 8th of May 1917.
Pte. Duncan Balfour Coward
British Army 7th Btn. York & Lancaster Regiment
from:Rotherham
(d.7th Sep 1915)
Born 3rd September 1897 Duncan Coward must have joined up while he was 16. He landed with his battalion in France on 14th July 1915 and marched to Reninghelst Camp by 25th July. On the 27th they started work on the trenches between the Brasserie at Elsenwalle and the rear of Vierstraat. Private Searstone 13392 was the first fatality for the regiment on this first day working near the front. Three others were wounded.
They continued working on the trenches up to August 14th, when three platoons went up to the trenches for instruction with the 19th Lancashire Fusiliers and 12th Manchesters. Private Wheeler 11960 was killed that day. This was repeated on the 15th, 16th and 17th, Private Perry 16469 being killed on the 17th.
From the 19th August to the 31st, the battalion continued to work on trenches around Vierstraat with A and C Company taking over sections of trenches for 24 and 48 hours. 2nd Lieutenant TGB Dibbs, Captain FEC Palmer and Corporal JR Day were killed in this period.
1st September D Coy took over "Q3" trench and on the 3rd A, B and C Coys took over a section of "P" trenches in front of Wiltshire Farm BHQ. The Battalion War Diary for the 3rd records "Very heavy rain during relief and all remainder of night". This was Duncan's 18th birthday. The 4th was a "quiet day, rain, trenches flooded by rain and parapet dangerously damaged by wet." Private Bamforth 12947 was killed.
On the 5th "Many dugouts caved in owing to rain and more portions of parapet fell in" and on the 6th, at last "Rain stopped. Every available man was turned on to drainage and repairs to trenches". Work to repair the trenches continued on the 7th and Duncan was killed, aged 18 and 3 days, the 8th man of the battalion to die. He is buried in Ridge Wood Cemetery, alongside Private Searstone.
Pte. George Richmond Cowburn
British Army 12th Btn Gloucestershire Regiment
from:Lees, Oldham
Cpl. Edward Cowel
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Wheatley Hill
Edward Cowel enlisted in November 1914
Cpl. Ernest Cowell
British Army 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment
from:Grangetown, Middlesbrough
(d.7th June 1917)
My Gt Grandad, Corporal Ernest Cowell, died at the age of 33 in battle in Flanders. Ernest was awarded the Victory, British and 15 Star Medals, and he is honoured in the Memorial on the Menin Gate, Ypres.
He left my Gt Grandma Ethel a widow, and 4 children back home, the eldest being 13 and the youngest 4yrs old, living in Laing Street, Grangetown, Middlesbrough. As a family we have always been told that Ernest Cowell is honoured on the Cenotaph in Grangetown, Middlesbrough, and he died in the war. Every year we were taken to the Cenotaph to commemorate his and other fallen heroes, the sacrifice they gave for us. An ultimate sacrifice for Ernest, never to have more children, never see his children or wife grow old, never to see grandchildren.
We still attend the service each year. The dignitaries who attend grows smaller, but the people of Grangetown and St Hilda's Church still remember and attend, to pay their respects to the men of Grangetown who died.
Pte. John Cowell
British Army 20th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Cramlington
(d.11th Dec 1915)
John Cowell is my great great grandad. I was told he didn't get to the Somme with the other men as he died in hospital in 1915 at Old Sareham of the flu. His grave is at High Pit Cemetery in Cramlington
Pte. Robert Stanley Cowell
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. William Porter Cowell
British Army 1st/8th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers
(d.24th Oct 1918)
Pte. John Thomas Cowens
British Army 4th Btn Grenadier Guards
from:Ferryhill
(d.6th Jul 1916)
John Cowans died age 32 whilst serving with the 4th Btn Grenadier Guards. He was born in Jarrow in 1884 Son of Thomas and Isabella Cowens (nee Gibson) He was native of Bishopton, Ferryhill. John Thomas Cowens age 27, bricklayer, listed as living with his parents Thomas and Isabella Cowens and family at Bishopton, Ferryhill on the 1911 census. He enlisted in West Hartlepool.
John is buried in La Brique Military Cemetery No. 2.
Sister. Cowie
Queen Alexandras Nursing Service No. 16 Stationary Hospital
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