Robert Cowin
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 0/3030. Private. A.S.C. (Army Service Corps). Advanced Base Depot. B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force) in Oct. Parcel. Letters Nov.30. Labour Co. No. 1. Rouen in Jan. 26 Sect.(Section) A.S.C. Boulogne on Feb. 23. British Expeditionary Force Brother of. Thos. & John. Barrack St Class & Club Reported June 7. Aug.4 Nov. 29. Labour Co. No 1. 26 Sect. 8 Stationary P.O. (Post Office) B.E.F. May 1916 3 Athol Sq. Oct 1916 B. Sect. A.S.C. 7 Camp 8 Stationary P.O. B.E.F. Apr.1917 as above. Oct. 1917. 4. Shaws Br. (4 Shaws Brow) No 59267. C. Co. 25. Batt. North. Fu. (Northumberland Fusiliers) 10 Platoon B.E.F. Missing . Mar 21/23 1918. P.C. from Swizerland. Red X. (Red Cross). No news. June 1918 Prisoner June. Dec. 1918 Home.' (Extract from handwritten notes by The Reverend Robert Daniel Kermode, Vicar of St George's Church, Douglas, about men from his parish serving in the First World War. MS 10003/5)
External sources: 7 Thornhill