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Sapper JOHN GOWERS

Service Number: 81449
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

75th Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 23 February 1917

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE

IV. B. 31.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Herbert and Elizabeth Winifred Gowers, of 99, Greenough St., Wigan.
  • Personal Inscription ETERNAL REST GRANT TO HIM O LORD MAY HE REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1395
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