Myles ROWE

Main CPGW Record

Surname: ROWE

Forename(s): Myles

Place of Birth: Dent, Yorkshire

Service No: 5571

Rank: Staff Sergeant

Regiment / Corps / Service: Supply and Transport Corps

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Date of Death: 1915-12-15

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CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: O. 24.

CWGC Cemetery: KUT WAR CEMETERY

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Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)

Additional Information:

Myles Rowe (true name: Miles Raw) was the son of David and Sarah Raw, née Till. David was born at Garsdale, Yorkshire and Sarah at Nateby, Lancashire.

1891 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: Church Street - Miles Raw, aged 9 years, born West Sedberg [sic], Yorkshire, son of David and Sarah Raw.

1901 Lancaster, Lancashire Census: Lancaster Barracks - Lance-Corporal Myles Rowe, Royal Lancaster Regiment, aged 21 years, born Dent, Yorkshire.

Myles was married to Lilian Eva Denton in 1911 whilst he was serving in India.

The British Army Service Record for Myles Rowe exists but may be incomplete.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Sgt Myles Rowe, 5571, Royal Lancaster Regiment. Theatre of War first served in: 5a - Asiatic. Date of entry therein: 13 June 1915.

A short biography of Myles is included in: ‘Sedbergh and District 1914-1918 – But who shall return the children?’ Compiled by Sedbergh and District History Society. Edited by Diane Elphick (2016).

Data Source: Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19 Records

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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