Pte
Edward Clark Cowley
Information about birth
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Year of birth: 1897 |
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Place of birth: Gateacre, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom |
General information
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Last known residence: 5 Arlington Ave Wavertree, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom |
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Religion: Church of England |
Army information
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Country: England, United Kingdom |
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Force: British Expeditionary Force |
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Rank: Private |
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Service number: 201021 |
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Enlistment place: Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom |
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Units: — The King's (Liverpool Regiment), 2nd/5th Bn. (Last known unit) |
Information about death
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Date of death: 27/10/1917 |
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Place of death: Dozinghem Casualty Clearing Station, Westvleteren, Belgium |
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Cause of death: Died of wounds (D.O.W.) |
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Age: 20 |
Cemetery
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Dozinghem Military Cemetery Plot: XI Row: C Grave: 6 |
Distinctions and medals 2
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British War Medal Medal |
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Victory Medal Medal |
Points of interest 3
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| #3 | Place of death (approximate) |
Sources 8
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2/5 Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment (The National Archives, KEW (TNA), WO 95/2983/2). https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ Sources used |
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British Army World War I Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 (The National Archives, Kew (TNA), WO 372). https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ Sources used |
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Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901 (The National Archives, Kew (TNA), RG13). https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ Sources used |
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Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911 (The National Archives, Kew (TNA), RG14). https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ Sources used |
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Liverpool, England, Church of England Births and Baptism,1813-1919., 283 BDT2/2. https://www.ancestry.com/ Sources used |
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McCarthy, Chris. Passchendaele: The Day by Day Account (Londen: Arms & Armour Press, 1995), 148-149. Sources used |
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War Office: Soldier's Documents (The National Archives, Kew (TNA) WO363). https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ Sources used |
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Wyrall Everard, The History of the King's Regiment (Liverpool) 1914-1919, Vol III, (1917-1919) (Londen, Edward Arnold & Co, 41&43 Maddox Street, W1, 1935), 537-538. Sources used |
More information 3
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/620300 |
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Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=c7dc1e6a-e92d-415f-9997-fa6be2cc6f72 |
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Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/985223 |