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Sergeant ROBERT WILLIAM MCGAVIN COWAN

Service Number: 1319861
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

431 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 19 November 1943

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

Plot 6. Row D. Grave 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of David McGavin Cowan and Mabel Emily Cowan husband of Dorothy Cowan, of Rogerstone, Monmouthshire. Western Universities Teaching Certificate and Archbishop's Certificate, 1941.
  • Personal Inscription BORN OF THE SUN FLYING INTO THE SUN HE SIGNED THE VIVID AIR WITH HIS HONOUR
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