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James McPherson Cowan

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James Cowan McPherson

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment: 21.06.1916
  • Place of enlistment: Niagara Camp, Ontario, Canada
  • Service no: 211275
  • Rank: Sergeant
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards: M.B.E. Military Medal, Croix de Guerre, Medaille Militaire & Foreign Legion Medal
  • Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry
  • Unit/Ship: 19th Battalion

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 07.03.1887
  • Place of Birth: Cluny
  • Address:
  • Occupation: Journalist
  • Mother:

    Mrs Cowan, 48 Constituition St, Dundee

  • Father:

    Thomas Cowan, 48 Constitution St, Dundee

  • Siblings:
  • Spouse:

    Margaret Francis Brown Cowan

  • Children:

    Margaret, Ian, Geraldine, James & Alan

  • Age at Death:
  • Date of Death: 1956
  • Place of Death: Canada
  • Burial Country: Canada
  • Cemetery: Fairview Cemetery, Niagara Falls

More about James McPherson Cowan

For more information on James, visit his Service Record.

James previously served with the French Foreign Legion in Algiers.

M’Pherson Cowan  M.M.  Canadians

MILITARY MEDAL FOR DUNDEE CANADIAN.

Mrs Cowan, 48 Constitution Street, Dundee, has received intimation that her son Sergt. M’Pherson Cowan   Canadians, has been awarded the Military Medal and also a French decoration.  The gallant sergeant left Dundee for Canada about five years ago, and at the time of his enlistment he was city editor of the Evening Review, Niagara.  He has been through much severe fighting during his long spell at the front.

Dundee Courier 27th November 1917

Information and image kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell, service record supplied by Gary Thomson

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