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7th (Service) Battalion Seaforth Highlanders "B" Company
Service No: S/42241

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Personal details

Family Information

Adopted son of James and Christina Cowie of 44a Woodside St, Coatbridge. John's Pension was awarded to his adopted father James on the 18/02/1919 and then to his adopted mother Christina of 11g Allan St, Coatbridge.

Born / Resided

Old Monkland, Coatbridge / 44a Woodside St, Coatbridge.

Died

Killed in Action on the 02/08/1918 near Fontaine Houck during the German offensive

Enlisted

Hamilton

Employed

Clerk in the British Tube Works.

Age

18

Buried / Remembered

Caestre Military Cemetery (I. E. 27), Nord, France.

Cemetery / Memorial Information

Caestre Military Cemetery was opened in mid April 1918 by the Australian Corps and troops of the 9th (Scottish) Division. It was used until September 1918 for the burials of casualties sustained during the German offensive. The cemetery now contains 190 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and five German war graves.

Additional Information

The Battalion arrived at Boulogne in May 1915 and were part of the 26th Brigade, 9th (Scottish) Division. John was Killed in Action near Fontaine Houck. 5 Other Ranks also fell with 3 more wounded on the 02/08/1918. The Division took part in the following : Battles of the Somme 1918 - the Battle of St. Quentin, 21st - 23rd March 1918 and the First Battle of Bapaume, 24th - 25th March 1918. Battles of the Lys - the Battle of Messines, 10th - 11th April 1918, the Battle of Bailleul, 13th - 15th April 1918, the First Battle of Kemmel, 17th - 19th April 1918 and the Second Battle of Kemmel, 25th - 26th April 1918. The Advance in Flanders in which the Division captured the Outtersteene Ridge. The Final Advance in Flanders in which the Division fought in the Battle of Courtrai and the action of Ooteghem. The Division was withdrawn for rest on the 26th - 27th October 1918 and was still in billets at the Armistice. SEE PHOTOS x 25 FOR THE BATTALION WAR DIARY FOR JULY - AUGUST 1918. John was formerly with the 2nd Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (S/24363). Grave photo donated by Mick McCann at the britishwargraves.co.uk. John is also remembered on the Stewarts and Lloyds, Coatbridge Technical College and in the St. Augustine's Parish (book) Rolls of Honour (see photos). See photos for John's Medal Index Card, his Army Register of Soldiers Effects, his CWGC Grave Registration x 2, his Headstone Report x 2, his Army Register of Soldiers Effects, his Service Medal and Award Rolls, John's previous Regiment the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Cap Badge, the Seaforth Highlanders Cap Badge and John's Pension Records x 3. Finally, see photos for Caestre Military Cemetery, John's name on the British Tube Works panel (part of the Stewarts and Lloyds Roll of Honour plaque) x 2, the Stewarts and Lloyds Roll of Honour plaque, PHOTOS x 15 FROM THE 9th (SCOTTISH) DIVISION BOOK MAY - AUGUST 1918 and the 9th (Scottish) Division Order of Battle x 12 (the Division he was with when he died). The History of the 9th (Scottish) Division book is available to read online here

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War Diaries

The battalion War Diary is available on the National Archives website.

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