| The Coagh Presbyterian Church in Ireland Roll of Honour 1914-1919 lists a Cadet James Cowan of Annahavil who served with the Royal Navy Reserve.
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| James Cowan was the son of James and Annie Cowan. James Hogg Cowan and Annie Ruth Stanton were married on 28th March 1893 in the district of Magherafelt.
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| James Stanton Cowan was born on 24th October 1901. He was one of nine children, all born in the Moneymore area.
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| The 1901 census does not list James as born yet. The family lived at house 1 in Annahavil, Moneyhaw, County Londonderry. They were a farming family.
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| Family: James Hogg Cowan, Annie Ruth Cowan, Matilda Cowan (born 18th December 1893), Muriel Sarah Cowan (born 5th May 1895), John Hogg Cowan (born 20th February 1897), Kathleen Cowan (born 26th February 1898), Margaret Stanton Cowan (born 6th November 1899), James Stanton Cowan (born 24th October 1901), Anna Stewart Cowan (born 11th May 1903), William George Cowan (born 14th May 1905), Mervyn Cowan (born 6th May 1909).
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| The 1911 census lists James Stanton as age 11, living with the family at house 1 in Annahavil, Moneyhaw, County Londonderry. He was still at school.
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| Cadet James Cowan of Annahavil served with the Royal Navy Reserve.
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| James’s brother, Lieutenant John Hogg Cowan, also served with the Royal Navy Reserve. He became a prisoner of war and survived the war too.
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| J S Cowan is listed alongside his brother on the World War One memorial tablet inside the Assembly Rooms in Moneymore which lists the men from the area who served during the war.
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