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Pilot Officer DESMOND De COURCY CREAGH GOWER

Service Number: 40905
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

253 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 21 May 1940

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY

69. A. 9.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of E. W. Gower and Violet F. Gower.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING & GRATEFUL MEMORY OF DESMOND "DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY"
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Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 11554
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