Walter Reginald Cowie (1908-1988)

Individual Events and Attributes

Occupation:
lathe operator³
Birth:
8 Aug 1908
Kensington, London, England¹ ⁴ ³ ²
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 2)
59 Treverton Street, Notting Hill, London, England⁴
son living in three rooms with his parents Robert and Beatrice, brothers Robert and Thomas, and sisters Catherine, Beatrice and Rosie. Born in Kensington
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 31)
5 Wilsham Street, Notting Hill, Middlesex, England³
an unmarried second lathe operator living with his parents Robert and Beatrice, and sisters Beatrice and Rose. Born on 8th August 1908. Note that brothers George, James and Douglas, and sister Nora were living at the same address but separately
Military Service:
frm 1939 to 1945 (age 30-37)
merchant navy as no:R273136⁵
Witness:
22 May 1942 (age 33)
Walter Reginald Cowie witnessed the marriage of William James Manning and Rose Cowie on Friday on 22 May 1942 in The Register Office, Kensington, London, England
Death:
Sep 1988 (age 80)
Tunbridge Wells "Registration District", Kent, England²

1.: England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Kensington 1908 quarter:3 volume:1a page:120. Cit. Date: 13 June 2022.

2.: England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Tunbridge Wells 1988 quarter:3 register:988 volume:16 page:1769. Cit. Date: 14 June 2022.

3.: UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:0329J page:2 line:1 letter code:AMQT. Cit. Date: 13 June 2022.

4.: England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:174 class:RG78 piece:6 registration district:2 sub-district:3 enumeration district:10 schedule:271. Cit. Date: 14 June 2022.

5.: Ancestry UK World War II Medals Issued to Merchant Seaman, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). discharge no:R273136. Cit. Date: 14 June 2022.