Private Joseph Cowen
18800 1st East Lancashire Regiment
Killed in Action 1st July 1916
Lived at 8 Delph Street
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France
Burnley Express 12/08/1916 - 12/5/1917

Well-Known Catholic ( Burnley Express August 12th 1916 )

Member of St John’s F.C. Killed

Mr. and Mrs. Cowen, of 8, Heap Street, Burnley, have now received official intimation that their son, Pte. Joseph Cowen (18800), of the 1st East Lancashire Regt., who was reported missing from July 1st last, is now presumed to be killed in action on that date. Twenty-three years of age, he was formerly a weaver at Messrs. Thornton and Tattersall’s shed, Burnley Lane. He enlisted on January 20th, 1915, and had been out at the front for over twelve months. A single man, Pte. Cowen was a well-known member of St. John’s R. C. Church, Ivy Street, and a member of the school football team. His sister’s husband, Pte. J. W. Nelson, is in the 3rd Batt. Of the same regiment.