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SECTION XIII Page 111 Download original document at bottom of page COWEN, H., Private, Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Mobilised from the Army Reserve, after eleven years' service with the Forces, he proceeded to France soon after the declaration of war, and was in action in the Retreat from Mons. He also took part in several engagements at Ypres, the Somme and Cambrai. He made the supreme sacrifice during the second Battle of the Somme, on March 21st, 1918, and was entitled to the Mons Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals "Great deeds cannot die : They, with the sun and moon, renew their light for ever." 1, Caletock Street, Greenwich, S.E.10. COWIE, B. G., Sapper, R.E. Volunteering in December 1914, he shortly afterwards crossed to France, and was engaged on important duties in connection with operations at Loos, the Somme, Vimy Ridge, Ypres and Cambrai, where he was wounded and taken prisoner in March 1918. Repatriated after the cessation of hostilities, he was demobilised in January 1919, and holds the 1914-15 Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals. 28, Heber Road, East Dulwich, S.E.22. COWLAND, A. E., Private, 12th Middlesex Regt. and 326th Labour Corps. Volunteering in August 1914, he was dratted to France in June of the following year. He took part in numerous minor engagements until the great Battle of the Somme, where he was wounded. On his recovery after hospital treatment in England he was transferred to the 326th Labour Company, with which he served in Suffolk until he was demobilised in February 1919. He holds the 1914-15 Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals. 16, Orlop Street, Greenwich, S.E.10. COWLAND, C., Private, Bedfordshire Regiment. Having previously served in the South African war he again volunteered in August 1914, and was immediately sent to France, where he took part in the Battles of Mons, the Aisne and Ypres, after which he was invalided home. In 1915 he proceeded to India, and did valuable service there until January 1919, when he returned home, and was demobilised. He holds the Queen's and King's South African Medals, the Mons Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals. 16, Orlop Street, Greenwich, S.E.10. COWLARD, E., Private, 6th Royal Sussex Regt. (Cyclist Battalion). He volunteered in November 1915, and in June of the following year was drafted to France, where he took part in the fighting at Vimy Ridge, and in other engagements of importance. In June 1917 he was transferred to Salonika. He was wounded at the Battle of the Vardar and invalided to Malta and England. He was demobilised in December 1919, after service in Ireland, and holds the 1914-15 Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals. 49, Haddo Street, Greenwich S.E.10. COWLARD, H., Sergt., 1st Buffs (East Kent Regt.) and M.G.C. A serving soldier, at the outbreak of war he was immediately sent to France, where he took part in the Battles of Mons, the Marne, the Aisne, Albert, Arras, Hooge, Pesschendaele and numerous other engagements. He was wounded at La Bassee in April 1918, and sent to hospital, but later returned to the line and served in the final Advance of that year. He was demobilised in February 1919, and holds the Mons Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals. 65, Azof Street, Greenwich, S.E.10. COWLARD, P., Private, East Surrey Regiment. He volunteered in November 1915, and in April of the following year, after completing his training, was sent to France, where he took part in the Battles of the Somme. He was afterwards transferred to the Royal Army Service Corps, and later to the Labour Corps with which he did good work abroad till March 1919, when he was demobilised, holding the General Service and Victory Medals. 49, Haddo Street, Greenwich, S.E.0. COWLING, A. A., Pte., Queen's (R. West Surrey Rgt.) He joined in October 19 18, on attaining military age, and was not successful in obtaining his transfer overseas before the cessation of hostilities, but, after serving for six months in England, was sent to the Army of Occupation on the Rhine, and served with it until demobilised in April 1920. 82, The Stowage, Deptford, S.E.8. COWLING, A. E., Private, M.G.C. He joined in April 1917, and in February of the following year proceeded to the Western Front, where he took part in heavy fighting is various sectors during the Retreat and Advance of 1918. He was severely wounded in action a few days before the Armistice, and unhappily died in hospital at Rouen on November 13th, 1918, from the effect of his injuries. He was buried in Rouen, and was entitled to the General Service and Victory Medals. "He joined the great white company of valiant souls." 123, Perry Rise, Sydenham, S.E.26. COWLING, J. A., L/Corporal, R.A.M.C. Joining in August 1916, he did duty at a hospital in the North West of England until 1918, when he was sent to Egypt, and carried out valuable services in H.M. Hospital Ship "Assaye," until his demobilisation in September 1919. He holds the General Service and Victory Medals. 5, Cornbury Road, Deptford, S.E.16. COWPER, E. T., L/Corporal, 21st London Regiment (1st Surrey Rifles). Volunteering in September 1914, he crossed to the Western Front in the following March and was engaged with his unit in the Battles of Neuve Chapelle, St. Eloi, Hill to and Ypres. He was killed in action at Givenchy on May 25th, 1915, and was entitled to the 1914-15 Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals. "His life for his Country, his soul to God." 69, Darrell Road, East Dulwich, S.E.22. COWPER, W. A., Driver, R.A.S.C. Joining in September 1917, he was sent to France in the same year and did good service in supply, conveying ammunition, food stuffs, and material of all kinds to the forward areas. He carried out this important and often dangerous duty during all the remainder of the campaign, and being demobilised in July 1919, holds the General Service and Victory Medals. 68, Hatcham Park Road, S.E.14. COX, A., Gunner, R.H.A. Having re-enlisted in October 1914, he proceeded to France in the following December, and served in the Battles of Neuve Chapelle, Loos and Somme (I). Later he was in action at Arras and Cambrai, and in the Retreat and Advance of 1918, at Amiens, Ephery and Le Cateau, where he was slightly wounded, and having contracted pneumonia, underwent treatment in hospital until his demobilisation in March 1919. He holds the 1914-15 Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals. 18, Trim Street, New Cross, S.E.14. COX, A., Rifleman, Rifle Brigade. Having joined in February 1916, he was sent to France in June of the same year. He took part in numerous engagements, including those on the Somme, at Arras, Albert, Beaumont-Hamel and Ypres. He also did excellent service in the Retreat and Advance of 1918. He was demobilised in September 1919, after his return home, and holds the General Service and Victory Medals. 2, Engleheart Road, Catford, S.E.6. COX, A. C., A.B., Royal Navy. Joining in November 1917, on attaining qualifying age, he was posted to H.M.S "Eridge," and in this ship carried out mine-sweeping duties in many waters round Norway, Russia, and other mine-infested area until finally demobilised in November 1919. He holds the General Service and Victory Medals. 72, Fawcett Road, Rotherhithe, S.E.16. COX, A. G., Pte., 2nd Buffs (East Kent Regiment). He joined in May 1917, and after completing his training was drafted to France and stationed at Abbeville. There he was engaged on responsible duties as a telephone operator, and did valuable work until the cessation of hostilities. He was demobilised after his return to England in February 1920, and holds the General Service and Victory Medals. 139, Lordship Lane, East Dulwich, S.E.22. COX, A. H., Pte., 3rd Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Volunteering in August 1914, he was drafted to the Western Front in the next year, and saw heavy fighting at Albert, Fricourt, Suzanne, and other places. In the first Battle of the Somme in July 1916, he was wounded and suffered shell-shock, which resulted in his being invalided home to hospital, and eventually discharged in September 1918, as unfit for further service. He holds the 1914-15 Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals. 139, Edward Street, New Cross, S.E.14. COX, E. G., Sergt., 2nd East Surrey Regiment. Volunteering in January 1915, he proceeded to France in the following March and did good service in actions at Loos, on the Somme, iu the Ypres sector and near Cambrai. He was then transferred to Salonika, and completed his war service on that front, being eventually demobilised in May 1919. He holds the 1914-15 Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals. 72, Fawcett Road, Rotherhithe, S.E.16. COX, F. R., Rifleman, 12th Rifle Brigade. Joining in June 1917, he was drafted to the Western Front in the following March in time to take part in the Retreat of that Month, and in the victorious Advance which followed, being in action at Villers-Bretonneux, and the second Battle of Cambrai, and many other engagements. He reached Valenciennes in the Advance and returning home soon after the Armistice was demobilised in January 1919, and holds the General Service and Victory Medals. 10, Atkinson Street, New Cross, S.E.14. View And Download Original Document |