Cowley, Lt. Ian Scott, 2nd Battalion, The Black Watch

Ian had attended Dundee High School and later worked with the Liverpool London and Globe Insurance Company. He was the son of William and Jeannie Cowley and the family home was at Riverside, 2 Bay Road, Wormit. He was in the TA and was a member of Scotscraig Golf Club and Wormit Church.

He died of malaria in N E India on 5th April 1943 aged 23, and is buried at Ranchi War Cemetery in Jharkhand, N E India. The Black Watch were in India to defend Calcutta and Rangoon against the Japanese.

Ian’s name is on the Dundee High School memorial plaque, and also on the Wormit Church plaque.

Poppy made by P7, Wormit School.=