John William Cowell 1894 - c1978

A police constable and the child of Henry Cowell (a shepherd) and Charlotte Mullen, John Cowell, the second cousin twice-removed on the mother's side of Nigel Horne, was born in Ash, Kent, England on 25 Feb 18941,2,3,4 and baptised in East Malling, Kent, England on 27 May 1894.

He also married Daisy Morgan at Parish Church on 25 Dec 19176.

During his life, he was living in Larkfield, Kent, England on 31 Mar 19018; at 3 Illogan Terrace, Larkfield on 2 Apr 1911, less than a mile from his grandfather John Cowell who was living at The Banks, Larkfield, Kent, England and his grandmother Caroline Twyman who was living at The Banks, Larkfield, Kent, England7; at New Hythe Lane, Larkfield in 19154; and at 50 Sandling Lane, Maidstone, Kent on 29 Sep 19393.

He died c. Nov 1978 in Maidstone, Kent5. He served in the military at Abbeville, Oise, Picardie, France from 16 Apr 1915 to 1 Feb 1919 (regiment: Grenadier Guards; Service number: 23715 Gun shot wound to right leg 1 Aug 1917).

Citations

1. 1901 England Census Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1901. Data imaged from the National
2. 1911 England Census Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA), 1911. Data imaged from the National Archives, London, England.
3. 1939 Register - Findmypast (was the head of the household)
4. British Army Service Records - Findmypast
5. England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 - Findmypast
6. England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005 - Findmypast
7. 1911 Census for England & Wales - Findmypast (was age 17 and the son of the head of the household)
8. 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census - Findmypast (was age 7 and the son of the head of the household)

To be done

Location for 1901 (Larkfield, Kent, England) differs from mother's (East Malling, Kent, England)

Date of residence (31 Mar 1901) differs from mother's in same year (1901)