Cemetery: Plymouth Naval Memorial
Country: England
Area: Devon
Rank: Lieutenant
Force: Royal Navy
Official Number:
Unit: H.M.S. "Defence." Royal Navy
Country of Service: British
Details: Killed in action at Battle of Jutland 31-May-1916 Aged 26 Son of John James and Sophia Margaret Gillespie Cowan, of "Wester Lea," Murrayfield, Edinburgh. Flag Lieut. to Admiral Sir Alfred L. Winsloe (H.M.S. "Minotaur") and to Admiral Sir Robert Arthbuthnot (H.M.S. "Defence"). Native of Edinburgh. 10.
Photograph by Steve Rogers