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Private JOHN WILLIAM COWELL

Service Number: 1401
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 May 1915

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY

VIII. D. 7.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Native of York. Son of George Joseph and Agnes Ann Cowell, of 106, North Edward St., Lancaster.
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Buried or commemorated at

BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 5813
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