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Lance Corporal WILLIAM JAMES SOWERBY

Service Number: 3608270
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 September 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PERNES BRITISH CEMETERY

Plot 4. Row D. Grave 8.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Mary Adeline Sowerby, of Hexham, Northumberland.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

PERNES BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1101
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