Private Walter Cowie
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1896-12-05
Place of birth:
Next of kin: Wm.Cowie(Father)
Marital status: no data
Occupation (attested): Farmer
Occupation (normalized): General Farmer
Date of death:
1918-06-27
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Halifax Memorial, Panel 2.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 536023
Highest Rank:
Private
Rank detail
Private (Army).
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle torpedoed 114 miles south-west of the Fastnet Rock by U86
RESEARCH INFORMATION
LAC ID:
121961
Service file: B2074-S030
Uploader's Notes: Son of William and Kathleen Cowie, of Scotch Line, Perth, Ontario.
The Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle, bound from Halifax, Nova Scotia, for Liverpool, was torpedoed on June 27th, 1918, 114 miles south-west of the Fastnet Rock by U-86. Despite regulation Red Cross lights, the ship was deliberatly torpedeod and most survivors, including 14 Nursing Sisters were machine gunned. The Llandovery Castle became the rallying cry for the Canadian troops during the Last 100 Days offensive.
The Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle, bound from Halifax, Nova Scotia, for Liverpool, was torpedoed on June 27th, 1918, 114 miles south-west of the Fastnet Rock by U-86. Despite regulation Red Cross lights, the ship was deliberatly torpedeod and most survivors, including 14 Nursing Sisters were machine gunned. The Llandovery Castle became the rallying cry for the Canadian troops during the Last 100 Days offensive.
Uploader's Research notes: [Private Army Canadian Army Medical Corps Llandovery Castle (Hospital Ship) ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2005-04-08
Last modified: 2013-07-20