Private Henry Cowlishaw

Army Number: 23384

Battalion: 9th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Woolley, Derbyshire and lived at Matlock, Derbyshire. Son of Henry and Hannah Elizabeth Cowlishaw, of Woolley. He was a farm labourer prior to enlisting at Chesterfield. He served in Gallipoli during 1915 and was killed in action, 4th October 1917, in the attack near Poelcappelle, near Ypres, Belgium.

Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Panel 99 to 102 and 162 to 162A.

Private Henry Cowlishaw is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Matlock War Memorial, Matlock, Derbyshire.