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Lieutenant RICHARD HAMILTON COWAN

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Naval Reserve

H.M.S. Wasp

Date of Death

Died 22 May 1941

Age 43 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GILLINGHAM (WOODLANDS) CEMETERY, KENT

Naval Reservation. Grave 1332.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Dr. Richard Hamilton Cowan and Laura Alice Cowan; husband of Millicent Ennor Cowan, of Caernarvon. Also served in the 1914-18 war.
  • Personal Inscription THEY ONLY THE VICTORY WIN WHO HAVE HELD TO THEIR FAITH, WHO HAVE DARED, IF NEED BE, TO DIE
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