Basic Details
Surname
Cowley
Forenames
Harry
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
War
First World War (1914-1918)
Served or died
Died
Service number
76962
Notes
The Roll lists address as 47 Gladstone Street.

(CWGC records that Private Harry Cowley, regimental number 76962, died on 29/5/1918 while serving in the 1st/7th Battalion of the Durham Light Infantry, having formerly served in the Royal Engineers (regimental number 212587). He is buried in grave E.1 at Montcornet Military Cemetery. Their notes record that Montcornet was a German hospital centre in 1918. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects listed his mother Sarah as his legatee).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Royal Engineers
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Spr
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
British Army
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Royal Engineers
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Sapper
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Not stated on memorial
Country of burial
Not stated
Year of death
1918
Month of death
May
Day of death
29
Manner of death as stated
Died of wounds while a Prisoner of War
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds
Personal Details
Address
47, GLADSTONE STREET
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial