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# Battle of Sacramento (Mexico)

The Battle of Sacramento, or the battle of the Sacramento River, took place on February 28, 1847, during the Mexican–American War. About fifteen miles (24 km) north of Chihuahua, Mexico, at the crossing of the Sacramento River, American forces numbering less than 1,000 defeated a superior Mexican army, which led to the occupation of Chihuahua.$^{:153}$

## Background

On February 8, Colonel Alexander Doniphan's force of 924 soldiers and 300 civilians left El Paso del Norte for Chihuahua, despite learning that John E. Wool had abandoned his march there.$^{:153}$ Major Samuel Owens had the civilians formed into a battalion along with the caravan of 312 wagons.$^{:153}$ On 25 February, they reached the Laguna de Encenillas, where they learned of the Mexican defenses prepared for them.$^{:153}$
Governor Trias had built up a force under the command of General Jose A. Heredia, consisting of 1,200 cavalry (Gen. Garcia Conde: Vera Cruz Dragoons, Durango & Chihuahua Lancers), 1,500 infantry (Chihuahua Activos), 119 artillerymen (10 field guns & 6 culverins) and 1,000 rancheros.$^{:154}$ They had constructed a redoubt near the Hacienda Sacramento where the El Paso road crosses the river, and at Hacienda el Torreon two miles (3.2 km) to the west.$^{:154}$
At sunrise on February 28, the Americans took up the line of march and formed the whole wagon train into four columns with the artillery and mounted men in the middle.$^{:154}$ Three companies screened the front.$^{:154}$ When the Americans arrived within sight of the Mexican defenses, Doniphan made a reconnaissance of the enemy positions.$^{:154}$ Twenty-three separate works had been dug for twelve 4- to 9-pounders and nine lighter pieces.$^{:154}$

## Battle

Doniphan used his cavalry to screen the movement of his force parallel to the Arroyo Seco and to the right and out of range of the Mexican artillery.$^{:155}$ Doniphan formed the wagons into a fort after crossing the gully onto a plateau, and Major Meriwether Lewis Clark Sr.'s guns fired on General Garcia Conde's lancers, forcing them to flee.$^{:155}$
Doniphan's men approached the southernmost Mexican earthworks, held by Heredia's best troops.$^{:155}$ Doniphan ordered Capt. Richard H. Weightman's twin howitzers to the front accompanied by Capt. Reid's force of mounted cavalry men.$^{:156}$ Major Owens was killed in the charge, but Missourians took the fort.$^{:155}$
Trias attempted a counterattack but his lancers were halted by canister shot.$^{:156}$ By 5 PM the fighting was over.$^{:156}$

## Aftermath

Unable to defend Chihuahua, Trias fled to Parras.$^{:156}$ Doniphan commented, "The fire of our battery was so effective as to completely silence theirs." Doniphan's men marched into Chihuahua on March 2, and on April 23 he was ordered to bring his men to Saltillo, reaching Encantada on May 21.$^{:157}$

## In popular culture

The Battle of the Sacramento River is mentioned in the 1985 Western novel Blood Meridian. While interned in a Chihuahua City prison, the main character meets a veteran of the battle who recounts the events.
# Afroguatteria bequaertii

Afroguatteria bequaertii is a species of plants in the custard apple family Annonaceae. It is endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
# Ernest H. Tipper

Ernest Harry Tipper M.R.C.S was an English physician, surgeon and alternative cancer treatment advocate.

## Biography

Tipper served for many years in the West African Medical Service. He authored The Cradle of the World and Cancer, in 1927. The book was based on his twenty years of medical practice in Nigeria. He examined only six cases of cancer out of an estimated 300,000 patients. The Nigerian diet was low in meat and high in fibre which is opposite to the European diet. Tipper came to the conclusion that constipation and excessive meat-eating were the causes of cancer.
According to Tipper the Béné tribe, who live in the Niger Delta amongst whom he practised for twenty years, are almost free from cancer and live on a semi-vegetarian diet. They live on beans, fruits, seeds, monkey nuts, yams, maize, cayenne peppers, palm oil and occasionally palm wine. Tipper reported that they use 4 oz. of red palm oil daily. They eat eggs and fish, the occasional chicken but rarely any red meat. The drinking of milk is repulsive to the natives. Tipper reported that the men can carry a load of 50 lb on their heads 25 miles a day in tropical heat and their bones and teeth are remarkable. Tipper recommended his readers to abandon meat-eating and dairy, limit flour intake from bread or pastry and substitute butter with palm butter. Tipper's ideas did not receive much notice in medical literature and his book remains obscure. There was a positive review in the British Medical Journal.
Tipper's research is quoted by Sir William Arbuthnot Lane in his book The Prevention of the Diseases Peculiar to Civilization, in 1929.

## Selected publications

* The Cradle of the World and Cancer: A Disease of Civilisation (1927)
# Sinne Eeg

Sinne Eeg (born 1 September 1977 in Lemvig, Denmark) is a Danish jazz vocalist and composer.
Eeg has received a number of recognitions and positive reviews both nationally and internationally, and is considered among the best female jazz vocalists currently in Scandinavia. She has composed many of her own songs, and although she usually sings in English, she has also performed and recorded songs in Danish.
Eeg has won the Danish Music Awards prize in the category Best Danish Vocal Jazz Album of the Year four times: in 2007, 2010, 2014 and 2015, for her albums Waiting for Dawn, Don't Be So Blue, Face the Music, and Eeg - Fonnesbæk. She also received the Ben Webster Prize in 2014. The Webster Foundation describes her as "a true jazz singer, who both shows sensitivity, improvisational skills, maturity, broad range and timing in her singing."

## Background

Eeg was admitted at the Academy of Music in Esbjerg in 1997; she graduated in 2003. As part of her musical studies she has studied with American singer Janet Lawson in New York City.
Eeg has toured Europe, Japan, China and the United States. On 26 January 2012 she sang in Brussels accompanied by the Danish Radio Big Band at the celebration for the beginning of the Danish Presidency of the Council of the European Union. In Denmark she regularly performs at the jazz venue of La Fontaine in Copenhagen.

## Discography
### Albums

| Year | Album | Label | Peak positions | Notes |
| Year | Album | Label | DEN |
| 2003 | Sinne Eeg | Cope | – | |
| 2007 | Waiting for Dawn | Calibrated (Cope) | – | DMA 2007 |
| 2008 | Kun en drøm | Red Dot/EMI | – | Released with English lyrics as "Remembering You" |
| 2009 | Remembering You | Red Dot/EMI | – | |
| 2010 | Don't Be So Blue | Red Dot/EMI | – | DMA 2010 |
| 2012 | The Beauty of Sadness | Sinne Music/VME | – | |
| 2014 | Face the Music | Stunt (Sundance) | 31 | DMA 2014 Prix du Jazz Vocal 2014 |
| 2017 | Dreams | ArtistShare | | |

### Collaborations

| Year | Album | Label | Peak positions | Notes |
| Year | Album | Label | DEN |
| 2005 | Abrikostræet | Cope | – | With Mads Vinding and Lise Marie Nedergaard (writer, storyteller) |
| 2009 | Merry Christmas Baby | Red Dot | – | With Bobo Moreno (singer) and DR Big Band |
| 2015 | Eeg – Fonnesbæk | Stunt | – | With bassist Thomas Fonnesbæk DMA 2015 |
| 2020 | We've Just Begun | Stunt | – | With DR Big Band |

### Compilations

| Year | Album | Label | Peak positions | Notes |
| Year | Album | Label | DEN |
| 2015 | The Best Of | Master Music Ltd | – | |

## Awards

Amongst Eegs most notable awards are:
* 2007: Vocal Jazz Album of the Year, Danish Music Awards
* 2010: Vocal Jazz Album of the Year, Danish Music Awards
* 2014: Vocal Jazz Album of the Year, Danish Music Awards
* 2014: Ben Webster Prize
* 2014: Prix du Jazz Vocal, Académie du Jazz, Face the Music
* 2015: Vocal Jazz Album of the Year, Danish Music Awards
* 2016: The Queen Ingrid Honorary Grant
# Rowing at the 1998 Asian Games – Women's single sculls

The women's single sculls competition at the 1998 Asian Games was held from 16 to 19 December 1998 at Map Prachan Reservoir, Chonburi province.

## Schedule

All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
| Wednesday, 16 December 1998 | 07:00 | Heats |
| Thursday, 17 December 1998 | 07:00 | Repechage |
| Saturday, 19 December 1998 | 07:00 | Final |

## Results
### Heats

* Qualification: 1 → Final A (FA), 2–4 → Repechage (R)

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Fenella Ng (HKG) | 7:50.93 | FA |
| 2 | Junko Kano (JPN) | 8:02.70 | R |
| 3 | So Mi-roung (KOR) | 8:23.90 | R |
| 4 | Phimpaka Thednum (THA) | 8:30.75 | R |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Zhang Xiuyun (CHN) | 8:04.94 | FA |
| 2 | Penelope Foo (SIN) | 8:30.16 | R |
| 3 | Chen Li-chao (TPE) | 9:03.26 | R |

### Repechage

* Qualification: 1–4 → Final A (FA)
| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| 1 | So Mi-roung (KOR) | 8:31.11 | FA |
| 2 | Penelope Foo (SIN) | 8:31.27 | FA |
| 3 | Phimpaka Thednum (THA) | 8:33.71 | FA |
| 4 | Junko Kano (JPN) | 8:37.59 | FA |
| 5 | Chen Li-chao (TPE) | 8:41.55 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| | Zhang Xiuyun (CHN) | 7:48.58 |
| | Fenella Ng (HKG) | 8:01.14 |
| | Junko Kano (JPN) | 8:06.42 |
| 4 | So Mi-roung (KOR) | 8:30.95 |
| 5 | Penelope Foo (SIN) | 8:47.96 |
| 6 | Phimpaka Thednum (THA) | 8:52.29 |
# William Elwood Steckler

William Elwood Steckler (October 18, 1913 – March 8, 1995) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.

## Education and career

Born in Mount Vernon, Indiana, Steckler received a Bachelor of Laws from Indiana University School of Law in 1936 and a Juris Doctor from the same institution in 1937. He was in private practice in Indianapolis, Indiana from 1937 to 1950. He was a United States Navy Reserve officer during World War II in 1943. He was a member of the Marion County Election Board from 1946 to 1947, and of the Indiana State Election Board from 1947 to 1948. He was a public counselor of Indiana from 1949 to 1950.

## Federal judicial service

On February 14, 1950, Steckler was nominated by President Harry S. Truman to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana vacated by Judge Robert C. Baltzell. Steckler was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 4, 1950, and received his commission on April 7, 1950. He served as Chief Judge from 1954 to 1982 and as a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 1962 to 1964. He assumed senior status on December 31, 1986, serving in that capacity until his death on March 8, 1995, at his Indianapolis home from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

## Other service

Steckler was also an adjunct faculty member of the Indiana University Maurer School of Law from 1975 to 1979.
# Emily Steinwall

Emily Steinwall is a Canadian saxophonist, composer, and singer.

## Career

Steinwall toured as a backing vocalist for Alessia Cara, and performed as a solo artist in jazz clubs around Toronto, Ontario, before releasing her full-length debut album Welcome to the Garden in March 2021. She was the 2022 winner of the SOCAN Songwriting Prize in the English category, for her song "Welcome to the Garden".
# Scottish Highlander (barge)

The Scottish Highlander is a boutique hotel barge cruising the Caledonian Canal in Scotland, from Inverness to Fort William. She is a Luxe motor Dutch steel barge. She is a member of the fleet of hotel barges owned by European Waterways.

## History

She was built in 1931, by Gebroeders Van Zutphen, in Vreeswijk, the Netherlands as a trading barge. She was christened the Vertrouwen, meaning "trust" in Dutch. She served as a trading barge for her first 60 years, transporting grain and various commodities throughout the Netherlands.
J.P. Leisure Limited purchased the vessel in 1991. Following a renovation in the Netherlands, it sailed to Inverness in April 1993 to commence operations as a passenger ship.
In 1999 she was purchased by Derek Banks to become part of the European Waterways fleet of hotel barges. From 1999 to 2000 she was completely renovated and was renamed Scottish Highlander. She was refurbished again in 2006.
As a working hotel barge she cruises in Scotland on the Caledonian Canal with up to 8 passengers. She has four passenger cabins, three crew cabins, and a saloon.
She is crewed by a captain, tour guide, chef and housekeeper.
# Prem Krishen

Prem Krishen (born 5 July 1953) is an Indian actor, turned TV and film producer and the owner of Cinevistaas Limited, a film and television production company established in 1993, known for TV series such as Kathasagar, Gul Gulshan Gulfaam, Junoon, Dill Mill Gayye and Bepannaah.

## Early life and education

He is the son of former actor Prem Nath and former actress Bina Rai. He has a younger brother, Kailash. His father's sister Krishna married actor-director Raj Kapoor.
Prem Krishen attended Hill Grange High School on Peddar Road, Mumbai.

## Career

He followed in his parents' footsteps and his first film was Jaan Haazir Hai starring Shekhar Kapur and Trilok Kapoor. He later starred in the big hit Dulhan Wohi Jo Piya Man Bhaye (1977) which revived the Rajshri banner, and in a few television serials. Soon he became a producer.

## Filmography
### Actor

| Year | Film | Role. |
| 1977 | Alibaba Marjinaa | Alibaba |
| 1977 | Dulhan Wohi Jo Piya Man Bhaye | Prem |
| 1977 | Jay Vejay | Prince Vejay/Pratap Singh |
| 1979 | Hamare Tumhare | Vikram Sinha |
| 1980 | Guest House | Prem |
| 1981 | Hotel | Sanjay |

### Producer
#### Film

| Year | Film |
| 2002 | Yeh Mohabbat Hai |
| 2003 | Sssshhh... |
| 2004 | Garv: Pride and Honour |

#### Television

| Year | TV-Series | Channel |
| 1987 | Gul Gulshan Gulfaam | DD National |
| 2008 | Hamari Betiyoon Ka Vivaah | Zee TV |
| 2010 | Dill Mill Gayye | Star One |
| 2014 | Ek Hasina Thi (TV series) | Star Plus |
| 2016 | Beyhadh | Sony TV |
| 2018 | Ek Deewaana Tha | Sony TV |
| 2018 | Bepannaah | Colors TV |
| 2018 | Yeh Teri Galiyan | Zee TV |
# WFOG

WFOG may refer to:
* WFOG-LP, a low power radio station (95.9 FM) licensed to Hillsville, Virginia
* WDRE (AM), a radio station (1570 AM) licensed to Riverhead, New York, which used the WFOG call sign from 1999 to 2001, and again in 2024
* WTWV-FM, a radio station (92.9 FM) licensed to Suffolk, Virginia, which used the WFOG call sign from 1970 to 1999, and again from 2003 to 2005
# Sam Garnes

Samuel Aaron Garnes (born July 12, 1974) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive back and coach in the National Football League (NFL). He is currently a radio personality on The Ryan Show FM.
The New York Giants selected him New York Giants in the fifth round of the 1997 NFL draft. A native of the Bronx, Garnes is an alumnus of John Philip Sousa Junior High School located in the Edenwald section of that borough. Garnes currently resides in Fort Lee, New Jersey.
In 2011, Garnes became an assistant secondary coach for the Denver Broncos.
The Broncos’ secondary in 2013 overcame numerous injuries to its personnel, including extended periods without 12-time Pro Bowl cornerback Champ Bailey and starting safety Rahim Moore. In their absence, cornerback Chris Harris Jr. became a steadying force on the outside, and second-year safety Duke Ihenacho emerged as a solid contributor in the defensive backfield.
He joined the Chicago Bears' coaching staff as an assistant secondary coach in 2015, but was let go after the 2016 season.
In 2019, he became a Sports Analyst on the nationally syndicated radio program, The Ryan Show FM.
Pre-draft measurables :
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press |
| 6 ft 3+1⁄8 in (1.91 m) | 225 lb (102 kg) | 32+5⁄8 in (0.83 m) | 9+3⁄4 in (0.25 m) | 4.78 s | 1.67 s | 2.79 s | 4.38 s | 30.5 in (0.77 m) | 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) | 14 reps |

## NFL career statistics

Legend :
| Bold | Career high |

### Regular season

| Year | Team | Games | Games | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Fumbles | Fumbles | Fumbles | Fumbles |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | Comb | Solo | Ast | Sck | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FF | FR | Yds | TD |
| 1997 | NYG | 16 | 15 | 59 | 40 | 19 | 0.0 | 1 | 95 | 1 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | NYG | 11 | 11 | 49 | 37 | 12 | 0.0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | NYG | 16 | 16 | 95 | 77 | 18 | 1.0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | NYG | 15 | 15 | 64 | 52 | 12 | 1.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | NYG | 16 | 16 | 74 | 59 | 15 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | NYJ | 16 | 16 | 74 | 59 | 15 | 0.5 | 2 | 65 | 0 | 65 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | NYJ | 16 | 16 | 100 | 67 | 33 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | | 106 | 105 | 515 | 391 | 124 | 3.0 | 10 | 189 | 1 | 95 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |

### Playoffs

| Year | Team | Games | Games | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Fumbles | Fumbles | Fumbles | Fumbles |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | Comb | Solo | Ast | Sck | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FF | FR | Yds | TD |
| 1997 | NYG | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | NYG | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | NYJ | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | 6 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 7 | 0.0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
# Valmir Veliu

Valmir Veliu (born 4 June 2000) is a Kosovan professional footballer who plays as a winger for Llapi and the Kosovo national team.

## Club career
### Llapi

On 18 June 2018, Veliu signed his first professional contract with Football Superleague of Kosovo side Llapi after agreeing to a three-year deal. On 29 September 2018, he made his debut in a 2–0 home win against KEK after coming on as a substitute of Festim Alidema.

### Gaziantep

On 26 June 2022, Veliu signed a three-year contract with Süper Lig club Gaziantep. Gaziantep reportedly paid a €180 thousand transfer fee. On 6 August 2022, he made his debut in a 1–1 away draw against Sivasspor after coming on as a substitute at 64th minute in place of Lazar Marković. Veliu's contract with Gazianstep was terminated on 27 September 2023.

## International career

On 24 December 2019, Veliu received a call-up from Kosovo for the friendly match against Sweden, and made his debut after coming on as a substitute at 46th minute in place of Herolind Shala.
# Johann Andreas Kneucker

Johann Andreas Kneucker (24 January 1862 – 22 December 1946) was a German botanical collector who was a native of Wenkheim, a village that today is part of the community of Werbach, Baden-Württemberg.
Up until 1923 he was a schoolteacher in Karlsruhe, afterwards working as curator of the natural history collection in Baden. During his career he collected plants in southern Europe and northern Africa (Sinai Peninsula).
Kneucker specialized in the plant family Cyperaceae (sedges). He edited and distributed several exsiccatae, among others Glumaceae exsiccatae: Carices exsiccatae (1896–1911) and Glumaceae exsiccatae: Gramineae exsiccatae (1900–1915). A number of his specimens are now kept in the herbarium at the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde in Karlsruhe. He was founder of the botanical magazine, Allgemeine Botanische Zeitschrift.
In 1905 the algae genus Kneuckeria was named in his honor by Wilhelm Schmidle (1860–1951); the plant species Linaria kneuckeri (Bornm.) is also named after him.

## Publications

* Bemerkungen zu den "Gramineae exsiccatae" (1900).
# Uineasan

Uineasan is an islet in the Barra Isles of Scotland, at 56° 55′ 57″ N, 7° 29′ 15″ W. With an area of about 5 hectares, it is directly east of Vatersay, and at low tide is linked to Vatersay.
# Øystein Rottem

Øystein Rottem (1 February 1946 – 5 December 2004) was a Norwegian philologist, literary historian and literary critic.

## Personal life

Rottem was born on the island of Hemnskjela in what was then Heim Municipality. His parents were Sverre Bernhardsen Rottem and Solveig Terese Hassel. He was married to Gerd Synnøve Vigeland from 1969 to 1989, and to Bente Findling-Nielsen from 1991. He died from cancer in Copenhagen on 5 December 2004.

## Career

Rottem graduated from the University of Oslo in 1976 with the cand.philol. degree. He was a literary critic for the newspaper Dagbladet from 1984, and is regarded among the most important and influential literary critics in Norway over a period of two decades. Before Dagbladet he had worked for Ny Tid and Arbeiderbladet. He also contributed to Norsk biografisk leksikon.
His most widespread works as a literary historian are the three last volumes of Norges Litteraturhistorie, covering the period after World War II, Fra Brekke til Mehren 1945–1965 (volume 6, published 1995), Inn i medietidsalderen 1965–1980 (volume 7, 1997) and Vår egen tid 1980–1998 (volume 8, 1998). He lectured at the University of Tromsø and from 1985 to 1991 at the University of Copenhagen, and spent one year from 1991 to 1992 as a visiting scholar at the University of Vienna. He published several academic works about Knut Hamsun, and a biography of Sigurd Hoel (1991). His guide books on Copenhagen include Vårt København. Norske forfattere i Kongens by (2000), Sild & snaps i København (2003), and Til bords i Tivoli (2004).
# Champion Standard Open NH Flat Race

The Champion Standard Open NH Flat Race is a Grade 2 National Hunt flat race in Great Britain which is open to horses aged from four to six years. It is run at Aintree over a distance of about 2 miles and 1 furlong (2 miles and 209 yards, or 3,410 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year during the Grand National meeting in early April.
The event was established in 1987, and it was given Grade 2 status in 1995. It was sponsored by John Smith's from 2005 to 2013 and by Weatherbys Racing Bank since 2014. The field sometimes includes horses which ran previously in the Champion Bumper.

## Records

Leading jockey (2 wins):
* Sam Twiston-Davies - The New One (2012), Ballybolley (2014)
Leading trainer (4 wins):
* Nigel Twiston-Davies – King's Road (1998), The Cool Guy (2005), The New One (2012), Ballybolley (2014)

## Winners

* 1 2 3 amateur jockey
* ↑ The 1997 edition was cancelled because of a security alert at the racecourse
* ↑ The 2007 edition was run in May after the original race was abandoned due to a Grand National faller being treated on the course.
* ↑ The 2020 running was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
# William McGowan (1886-1918)

William McGowan was a British golfer.

## Early life and golf career

William McGowan was born in 1886 in Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland. He eventually became the professional at Radcliffe-on-Trent Golf Club in Nottinghamshire, England, where he was an apprentice to Tom Williamson and David Kinell, who both came in the top 10 in the British Open at least once. There is no record of significant tournament victories, but he participated in the Open qualifying in Prestwick in 1908, the Midland Professional Championship and the £350 Foursome.

## World War I service and death

When World War I broke out, William enlisted in the Sherwood Foresters and later The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 7th Battalion, regiment of the British Army. He served as a private on the Western Front. On 24 October 1918, He was killed in action during the final stages of the war as Allied forces advanced through northern France. His death occurred just weeks before the armistice on 11 November 1918.
William McGowan is buried at the Verchain British Cemetery in Fontaine-au-Bois, Nord, France. The cemetery contains the graves of soldiers who fell during the final months of the war.

## Family

William McGowan was the second youngest of eight children. His parents were Alexander and Jeanie and he had one son, Kenneth.