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Private JOHN COWLEY

Service Number: 2991152
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Seaforth Highlanders

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 August 1942

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

IMPHAL WAR CEMETERY

8. D. 16.

India

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Elizabeth Cowley, of Greenock, Renfrewshire.
  • Personal Inscription RESTING UNTIL THE DAY DAWNS WHEN GOD SHALL WIPE ALL TEARS AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

IMPHAL WAR CEMETERY
India
Number of casualties: 1603
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