Memorial

Flag Lieutenant I C Cowan

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Current Location

On the west wall of the nave, Church of the Good Shepherd, Murrayfield Avenue, Edinburgh, City Of Edinburgh, Lothian, EH12 6AU, Scotland

NT 22848 73387

Scottish Episcopal

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 57414
Description: Brass memorial tablet. The inscription is in incised roman caps in red and black lettering punctuated by one or three scallop shells. On the left side is an incised and painted 3-masted galleon in full sail, the spritsail decorated with a scallop shell. One sail on each mast; the foresail decorated with three lions of England, the mainsail with the lion of Scotland and the mizzensail with the harp of Ireland.
Inscription: There fought and fell in the Battle off/ Jutland IAN COLQUHOUN COWAN/ Flag Lieutenant HMS Defence on 31st/ May 1916 in his twenty seventh year./ This tablet is placed here in memory/ of him and to the Glory of God./ I thank my God upon every remembrance of you.

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: surname, rank, date of death, service, place of death, forenames, manner of death, age

Plaque

Height: 300 mm

Width: 900 mm

Made from: Brass

Condition: Good