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Lieutenant WILLIAM WILSON COWAN

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Flying Corps

Date of Death

Died 14 April 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CAYEUX MILITARY CEMETERY

I. C. 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment and 8th Bn. Royal Scots
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James Edward and Joan Gibb Wilson Cowan, of "Eastfield," Clermiston Rd., Corstorphine, Edinburgh.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY DAWNS
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Buried or commemorated at

CAYEUX MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 216
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