Private G Cowie

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Memorial details

Memorial type

Board / Plaque / Tablet

District

Town

County

Country

Commemoration

First World War (1914-1918)

Ceremony

Unveiled
Date: 17 October 1920
Attended by: Revd Provost Smythe

Lost

Not lost

WM Reference

81846

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Current location

St Columba's Church
Stanley
Perth And Kinross
Tayside
DD8 1PX
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NO 10772 33024
Denomination: Scottish Episcopal

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Description

Brass Plaque on wooden backboard

Inscription

ERECTED BY THE MEMBERS OF/ST COLUMBAS CHURCH/in memory of/PRIVATE GEORGE COWIE/6th Black Watch/WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION AT ARRAS/28TH MAY 1918, AGED 31 YEARS/Greater Love hath no man than this/that a man lay down his life for his friends

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Cowie, George
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Commemorations

First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename, rank, regiment, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood

Condition

Pte George Cowie
WMO ID: 268428
Condition: Good [last updated on 21-11-2019]
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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Reference

warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=2298&mforum=warmemscot
Blairgowrie Advertiser 23rd October 1920 A brass tablet,in memory of Private George Cowie,6th Black Watch,was on Sunday unveiled in St Columba`s Church by Rev Provost Smythe.the Boy Scouts and Boys Brigade were present.The deceased was the only member of the Church who fell in the War.

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