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Flying Officer JOHN ALBERT COWLEY

Service Number: 120216
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

156 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 12 June 1943

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AMSTERDAM NEW EASTERN CEMETERY

Plot 69. Row C. Coll. grave 20.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Medal
  • Additional Info Son of George William Samuel and May Louise Cowley, of Cam, Gloucestershire.
  • Personal Inscription NOW SLEEPS THE BRAVE, WHO SINKS TO REST, BY ALL HIS COUNTRY'S WISHES BLEST!
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