Corporal James Alexander Cowper
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Cowper,
James Alexander
Date of birth: 1880-04-25
Place of birth: Edinburgh Scotland
Next of kin: Mrs. Elizabeth Cowper (mother,) 6 Waverley Park Terrace, Edinboro’, Scotland
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Carpenter
Occupation (normalized): Carpenter, General
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Missing, presumed killed
Buried:
Vimy Memorial, N/A
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 420717
Highest Rank:
Corporal
(16th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Corporal, 16th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Private, 43rd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1915-01-09 ?
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Attack at Vimy Ridge. Previously reported Missing, now for official purposes presumed to have died.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 1566713
LAC ID:
122129
Service file: B2078-S003
Uploader's Notes:
Son of the late John and Elizabeth Cowper, of Edinburgh, Scotland; husband of Helena Cowper, of Glasgow, Scotland.
His Burial Registration gives his date of death as "On or since 9-4-17"
Uploader's Research notes: Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database [Private Army Canadian Infantry 43rd Battalion Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 16th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-07-10