We remember Harry Cowking

We remember Harry Cowking

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Timeline

Timeline

1897
birth Crawshawbooth, Lancashire United Kingdom Source:7485735 Source:9104916 1897
1900
sibling Annie Cowking Source:9104916 1900
1902
sibling Joe Cowking Source:9104916 1902
1902
sibling Jack Cowking Source:9104916 1902
1909
sibling Liley Cowking Source:9104916 1909
1911
employment Employee Father's Business - Joiner and Builder Crawshawbooth, Lancashire United Kingdom Source:9104914 1911
1911
location 8 School Street, Crawshawbooth United Kingdom parents address Source:9104916 1911
1917
service British Army Private 28850 East Lancashire Regiment 8th Battalion Source:7485735 1917 - 4th February 1918
1918
service British Army Private 28850 East Lancashire Regiment 15th Entrenching Battalion Source:7485735 5th February 1918 - 27th March 1918
1918
dates Age 21 Source:7485735 27th March 1918
1918
death Killed in Action Pozieres, Somme France Source:7485735 27th March 1918
burial Pozieres Memorial CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Somme France No known grave - Commemorated on Panel 42/43 Source:7485735

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Harry
Initials H
Last Name Cowking
Source 984692
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
8 School Street, Crawshawbooth United Kingdom parents address known 1911
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 28850 East Lancashire Regiment 15th Entrenching Battalion Private
British Army 28850 East Lancashire Regiment 8th Battalion Private
Awards
AwardTypeSource
British War Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Victory Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Major Cowking father
Lilian mother
Siblings
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Annie Cowking sister 1900
Joe Cowking brother 1902
Jack Cowking brother 1902
Liley Cowking sister 1909

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Communities

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Evidence

Evidence

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Imperial1
England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription Ian105013
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Ian105013
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Ian105013

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Multimedia

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Harry Cowking Graham119496
with siblings Graham119496
BWM and Victory Medal Ian105013
East Lancashire Regiment cap badge Ian105013
Pozieres Memorial Ian105013

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