Name
John Farley Cowell
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
24/04/1917
33
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
513291
London Regiment (London Scottish)
14th (County of London) Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
XIX. H. 14A.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Royal Masonic School Memorial, Rickmansworth
Pre War
Born on 21 May 1884 in Canterbury, Kent son of John Cowell A.R.I.B.A. and Jessie Elizabeth Cowell.
Educated at the Royal Masonic School 1893-1900 and became a commercial artist. He lived at 140 Rodenhurst Road, Clapham Park, London.
Wartime Service
Enlisted on 19 Mar 1916 in Clapham and entered France in Sep 1916 and survived the Battle of the Somme.
He was wounded on 17 Apr 1917 at the Battle of Arras and died in hospital one week later.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Old Masonians Association
