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Private W COWELL

Service Number: 12076
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Essex Regiment

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 December 1915

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY

IV. G. 38.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Mary Cowell, of High St., Hadleigh, Southend-on-Sea. His brother R. Cowell also fell.
  • Personal Inscription REST ETERNAL GRANT HIM LORD LET LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE LOVE FROM HOME
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Buried or commemorated at

BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3233
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