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Sergeant JOHN ROBERT COWEN

Service Number: 1555819
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

78 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 12 November 1943

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY

VII. B. 7.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Nicholas Moore Cowen and Louisa Cowen; husband of Sarah Elizabeth Cowen, of Whalley Range, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription "ALL HE HAD, HE GAVE - HE GAVE IN SURE AND SINGLE FAITH"
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 603
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