South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project
The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One |
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Military History |
| Theatre of War | Medals | Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial |
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| France and Flanders | 1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals | Red Farm Military Cemetery |
| Arrived in Theatre | Medal Citation (if app) | SWFHS Area Memorials |
| 7 March 1915 in France | ~ | Warwick (Eleanor Cross) War Memorial |
| Warwick St. Nicholas | ||
| Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed | Date and Place Enlisted | |
| German Spring Offensive (Battle of the Lys) | October 1914 in Birmingham | |
| Place of Death | Previous Regiments or Units | Other War Memorials |
Circumstances of Death
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John is listed as being killed in action on 27 April 1918. The 59th Brigade, RGA war diary entries for the 25th, 26th along with the 25th Brigade entries for 26th and 27th are transcribed below as 30th Siege Battery moved from 59th to the 25th Brigade on 26th April. 59th Brigade - Field - 1918 April 25: Heavy shelling of battery positions on the Canal Bank. 350 SB [Siege Battery) has one gun knocked out during the evening. Enemy attacked on our right and captured Kemmel Hill. 59th Brigade - Field - 1918 April 26: 30 SB ordered to pull out & proceed at once to Esquelbecq under administration of 25th Brigade RGA 37, 335 & 350 SB ordered to pull out one section and get into the action on the Red Line Position. 350 SB subsequently pulled out remaining section. 335 SB were badly shelled on Canal Bank during the move, 1 man being killed and 4 wounded. 25th Brigade - Esquelbecq - 26:4:1918: (see above) 11 R.M.A and 375 Siege Battery move from Wormhordt to Schipstadt near Millain (Nord) to clear the former town. 25th Brigade - Esquelbecq - 27:4:1918: (see above) 12 R.M.A. leave for IX Corps H.A. (Abeele District). 21, 30, 90, 152, 191 & 286 Siege Batteries return (consequent upon the taking of Kemmel ?) parking this time along the Zeggers - Cappel - Bissezeele Road. |
| Personal & Family History |
| Birth Date/Place | Baptism Date/Place |
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| Jan Qtr 1893 at Budbrooke Barracks | 5 Mar 1893 at St. Mary's, Warwick |
| Parents Names | Abode |
| John Thomas and Theresa Evelyn Cowen | 36 Chapel Street, Warwick |
| Wife and Marriage Details | Children |
| Leah Cowen nee Hazlehurst | John Edward born 7 Mar 1915 |
| Jan Qtr 1915 in Aston District | |
| Schools | Colleges |
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| Address History | Employment History |
| 1893 - Budbrooke Barracks, Warwick | 1901 - Scholar ? |
| 1901 - 47 Alcester Street, Redditch | 1911 - Butcher |
| 1911 - 105 Bordesley Green, Birmingham | |
| 1914 - 36 Chapel Street, Warwick | |
- Although he was married John's mother was named next of kin and guardian of his son. Pension Card contains a note saying "widow unworthy of receiving pension"
- John's father John Snr was a Colour Sergeant in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment at the time of his birth
- Warwick War Memorial Project Biography