Letters from the field etc
Title |
Letters from the field etc
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Subject |
Cowan, John Robert
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Notes |
Documents relating to the late Major John Robert Cowan (changed in 1916 to Cowan-Douglas), DSO, MC, who served with the HLI, who fought in many engagements on the front line, was wounded, taught in the Grenade School in Troon & Edinburgh and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and the Military Cross and was mentioned in dispatches in relation to the battles of Neuve Chapelle (March 1915) and Ypres/Richebourg-l'Avoue in May 1915. Other documents relate to his family and relatives who were involved in (a) an air attack on HMS Venerable in the Channel (b) a Zeppelin attack on Edinburgh and (c) service in Greece.
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Item date |
1914 - 1917
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Creation place |
Givenchy, HMS Venerable , Neuve Chapelle, Ypres, Richebourg-l'Avoue, Piraeus, Zeppelin raid on Edinburgh.
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Item source | |
Item medium | |
Content | |
Total number of pages |
13
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Cataloguer |
Everett Sharp
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Copyright |
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
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Digital repository | |
Contributor name |
Chris Hamer
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Contributed on the behalf of |
The Late Major John Robert Cowan (later Cowan-Douglas)
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Collection
Citation
“Letters from the field etc,” The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 2, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/document/8923.
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