William B. Cowin
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 760800. Private. 75 Canadians. Reported May. 1916 Oct. 1916 Address not known. Wounded Dec. 1916 Nov. 4 1917 Shaws Br (Shaws Brow; Hope St crossed out). Address not known Dec. 1917 as above. Nov. 1918 Can. (Canadian) Musketry Camp. [Military] Camp. Aldershot.' (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: 3 Athol Square; 7 Thornhill