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Lance Corporal WILLIAM JOSEPH ALBERT McGOWAN

Service Number: 4123602
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cheshire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 December 1940

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY

8. E. 1.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Annie McGowan, of Birkenhead.
  • Personal Inscription NO MORNING DAWNS NO NIGHT RETURNS BUT WHAT I THINK OF YOU
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Buried or commemorated at

HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 2061
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