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Major JOHN STEPHEN CAWLEY

Regiment & Unit/Ship

20th Hussars

Date of Death

Died 01 September 1914

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

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France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. as Bde. Maj. 1st Cavalry Brigade
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Sir Frederick Cawley, 1st Bart., M.P. (now 1st Baron Cawley), and Lady Cawley, of Berrington Hall, Leominster, Herefordshire. His brothers, Harold T. and Oswald also fell.
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Oise France
Number of casualties: 27
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