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James Rowan

Details

Forename James
Surname Rowan
Middle Name
Memorial Wigan Cenotaph
Age 30
Address Silver Street, Scholes, Wigan
Parents' Address as above
Township Wigan
Rank Private
Occupation or place of work Drawer at Park Lane Colliery and reservist
Regiment Lancashire Fusiliers 2nd Batt
Day of Death 20
Month of Death October
Year of Death 1914
Cause of Death Killed in action at Battle of Mons
Place of Burial Ypres (MeninGate) Memorial
Regiment Number 9054
Name of War First World War
Location
Additional Information Brother - Charles
Body found complete with identification in 2010
CWGC, Ancestry, St Patricks Church Records WO 16/1/15