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Sergeant WILLIAM FRANCIS COWAN

Service Number: 1902826
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

34 (S.A.A.F.) Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 16 October 1944

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KRAKOW RAKOWICKI CEMETERY

Coll. grave 1. B. 10-11.

Poland

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel James Cowan and Rachel Cowan, of Belfast, Northern Ireland; husband of Jane Cowan, of Belfast.
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Buried or commemorated at

KRAKOW RAKOWICKI CEMETERY
Poland
Number of casualties: 529
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