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Surname: COWGILL
Forename(s): Norris
Place of Birth: Earby, Yorkshire
Service No: 20986
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 2/7th Battalion. (Leeds Rifles)
Division: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division
Age: 19
Date of Death: 1918-03-27
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Bay 4.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: ARRAS MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: EARBY, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Norris Cowgill was the son of Arthur and Betty Cowgill, née Brown. Arthur was born at Bradford and Betty at Earby, Yorkshire. Norris was the cousin of A/Corporal Ernest Cowgill (2063) (q.v.) and L/Corporal Harold Cowgill (18/1514) (q.v.). Norris's brother, Ronald, was married to Mary Sophia Bray, the sister of Private Robert Bray (203334) (q.v.).
1901 Earby, Yorkshire Census: 57, Water Street - Norris Cowgill, aged 2 years, born Earby, grandson of Wm and Hannah Brown.
1911 Earby, Yorkshire Census: 19, Colne Road - Norris Cowgill, aged 12 years, born Earby, son of Arthur and Betty Cowgill.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Norris Cowgill, 20986, W. Yorks. R. K. in A. 27.3.18.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Norris Cowgill, 20986, 2/7 W. York. R. Killed in Action 27.3.18.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Norris Cowgill, 20986, 2/7th Bn W. Yorks. Date and Place of Death: 27.3.18. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - Arthur. £9 7s. 0d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Norris. Name(s) on card(s): Dependant: Mrs Betty Cowgill. Relationship: Mother. Address: 19, Colne Road, Earby, Nr Colne.
See also:
‘Earby in the First World War’ by Stephanie Carter, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2014).
‘Our Finest Crop’ by Steven Marshall, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2020).
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:
COWGILL, Maurice, aged 19, West Yorkshire Regiment, Sunset Café, Colne Road, [Earby], killed in action March 27, 1918.
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Private Norris COWGILL
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division
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19 April 1918
Private Morris Cowgill, Earby
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Cowgill, Sunset Café, Colne Road, Earby, have received official news that their son, Rifleman Morris Cowgill, West Yorks, Regiment, had been killed in action on March 27th. He was 19 years of age and went out to France at the end of January. His death will be a great loss to the choir of All Saints’ Church, Earby, with which he had been connected since the age of seven years, and was a very capable soloist. He was employed by the Earby Manufacturing Company. His brother is also in France.
04 April 1919
COWGILL – In ever loving memory of Norris Cowgill, killed in action March 27th, 1918.
“Love is eternal and the Resurrection sure.”
From Mother, Brothers and Sister and Aunt Sarah.
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19 April 1918
COWGILL – On March 27th, killed in action, Rifleman Morris [Norris] Cowgill, West Yorkshire Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Cowgill, Sunset Café, Colne Road, Earby, aged 19.
19 April 1918
CRAVEN AND THE WAR
Earby Chorister Killed
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Cowgill, Sunset Café, Colne Road, Earby, have received official news that their son, Rifleman Morris [Norris] Cowgill, West Yorkshire Regiment, had been killed in action on March 27th. He was 19 years of age, and went out to France at the end of January. His death will be a great loss to the choir of All Saints’ Church, Earby, with which he had been connected since the age of seven years, and was a very capable soloist. He was employed by the Earbv Manufacturing Co. His brother is also in France.
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