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Rifleman BENJAMIN GEORGE SOWTER

Service Number: 52142
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

Date of Death

Died 27 August 1918

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

A.I.F. BURIAL GROUND, FLERS

XI. L. 3.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment posted to 1st/28th Bn. London Regiment (Artists' Rifles)
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Sarah Sowter, of 16, Cromford Rd., Wirksworth, Derbyshire, and the late John Sowter.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY DAWNS AND SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

A.I.F. BURIAL GROUND, FLERS
Somme France
Number of casualties: 3647
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