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Lieutenant The Hon. JOHN PATRICK BOWES-LYON

Service Number: 42445
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Scots Guards

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died Between 18 September 1941 and 19 September 1941

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY

1. F. 2.

Egypt

DG's photographs of cemeteries in Egypt - March 2012: Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery: headstone of Lieut John Patrick Bowes-Lyon, cousin of HM Queen Elizabeth II

Photographer: Alan Pateman-Jones

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Master of Glamis. Son of Patrick Bowes-Lyon, 15th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and of Lady Dorothy Beatrice Godolphin Osborne, of Glamis Castle, Angus. Cousin of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
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Buried or commemorated at

HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 2061
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