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Major CECIL LEANDER JOHN BOWEN

Service Number: 10398
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Irish Guards

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 May 1940

Age 44 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NARVIK NEW CEMETERY

XI. K. 3.

Norway

Vice Chairman Lieutenant General Sir Bill Rollo tour of North Norway Norway June 2022 Haakon Vinje Norwegian War Graves Service

Photographer: Malcolm Ross

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Dorothy Bowen; husband of Mary Josephine Bowen, of Wimbledon, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription I HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT I HAVE FINISHED MY COURSE I HAVE KEPT THE FAITH
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Buried or commemorated at

NARVIK NEW CEMETERY
Norway
Number of casualties: 34
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