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Major MICHAEL HARRY TENNANT COWAN

Service Number: EC/2347
Regiment & Unit/Ship

6th Gurkha Rifles

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 March 1945

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY

18. A. 17.

Myanmar

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Indian
  • Additional Info Son of Major-General David Tennant Cowan, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C., and Anne Elliot Tennant Cowan, of Bovey Tracey, Devon.
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Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
Myanmar
Number of casualties: 6445
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