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Private R J COWEN

Service Number: 282513
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

23rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 October 1918

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. LEGER CHURCHYARD

On the West side of the Church.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Sarah Ann Cowen, of Crewe; husband of Annie Milligan (formerly Cowen), of 651, Rochdale Rd., Collyhurst, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription HE FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT TIME PASSES BUT MEMORY NEVER FADES
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. LEGER CHURCHYARD
Hainaut Belgium
Number of casualties: 18
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