Carnie Thomas Cowan Captain 249819
Personnel Entry
Name Carnie Thomas Cowan
Army number 249839
Rank Captain
Decorations
Date of birth 1/3/1922.
Age 0
Unit Emergency Commission as 2/Lt in the Black Watch 31/10/1942. Posted 49th Division HQ. Posted 1 TS 10/2/1944. Return to the Battalion requested 18/3/1944. Normandy. Posted 174 PoW Camp, Nottinghamshire.
Company/Battery B Company 10/2/1944.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Duty Officer. PoW Interrogation.
Joined Brigade 10/2/1944.
Promotions W/S Lt 1/5/1943.
Wounded Yes - in Normandy - exact date not yet known.
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action Death registered December 1979 in Southend-on-Sea at the age of 57.
Home address 7, Rossend Avenue, Burntisland, Fife. Research indicates he married Patricia Davies in Llanelly, Camarthenshire during Q3 1946 (to be verified).
Source table 1TS
