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Private BERNARD McGOWAN

Service Number: 1568710
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 February 1945

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY

12. E. 12.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and R Anna Maria McGowan, of Skipton, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription TOO FAR AWAY YOUR GRAVE TO VIEW BUT NOT TOO FAR TO PRAY FOR YOU. R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY
Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Number of casualties: 3339
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