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Private ALFRED HUBERT COWLEY

Service Number: 5490
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 September 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

VI. J. 18.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Mary Cowley, of 15, Leeds Rd., Dewsbury, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription THE FIGHT WAS HARD BUT PEACE PERFECT PEACE FOR ONE WE LOVED SO DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 804
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