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Surname: COWMAN
Forename(s): Henry Douglas
Place of Birth: Skipton, Yorkshire
Service No: 10954
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 8th (Service) Battalion
Division: 11th (Northern) Division
Age: 22
Date of Death: 1917-09-07
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: VII. F. 3.
CWGC Cemetery: MENDINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON – ERMYSTED’S GRAMMAR SCHOOL, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Henry Douglas Cowman (born 5 September 1895) was the son of Walter Henry and Caroline Annie Cowman, née Harrison. Walter was born at Skipton, Yorkshire and Caroline at Dalton-le-Dale, Co. Durham.
1901 Gateshead, Co. Durham Census: 101, Saltwell Road - Hy. Douglass Cowman, aged 5 years, born Skipton, Yorkshire, son of Walt. Hy. and Caroline Ann Cowman.
1911 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 10, Salisbury Street - Henry Douglas Cowman, aged 15 years, born Skipton. [Henry and his sister Catherine Annie were living with their aunt, Elizabeth Annie Mitchell.]
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Henry D. Cowman, 10954, W. Rid. R. Theatre of War first served in: 2B - Balkans. Date of entry therein: 12.7.15. Died 7.9.17.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Henry Douglas Cowman, 3/10954, 8th W. Rid. R. D. of W. 7.9.17.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Henry Douglas Cowman, 10954, 8 W. Riding. Date and Place of Death: 7.9.17. 64 C.C.S. France or Belgm. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Sister and Sole Legatee - Katherine A. £24 2s. 3d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) for Henry not found.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923 exists for his sister, Katherine Annie Cowman, who served as a Voluntary Aid Detachment Nurse at Huddersfield War Hospital and in France. Catherine [sic] Annie married Frank Cecil Pine in 1926.
A short biography of Henry is included in: ‘A Grammar School at War – The Story of Ermysted’s Grammar School during the Great War’ by Steven Howarth (2007).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
COWMAN, Henry Douglas, aged 22, West Riding Regiment, grandson of the late Mr. Hy. Cowman, of Skipton, died of wounds Sept. 7, 1917.
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Private Henry Douglas COWMAN

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 11th (Northern) Division
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