Such villages were termed "Thankful villages" by Arthur Mee, author of The King's England However, CWGC records on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Hainaut, Belgium, the name of 351850 Private Anthony Cowling serving with the 16th Battalion Royal Scots who died 16/04/1918, aged 24 years.
Son of John and Elizabeth Cowling, of Long Newton, Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham.
The family were living at Elton in 1911, John was a game keeper and Anthony was a farm labourer.
