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Private WILLIAM McGOWAN

Service Number: G/72461
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 October 1918

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CROSS ROADS CEMETERY, FONTAINE-AU-BOIS

II. G. 16.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alexander and Jeanie McGowan; husband of Ethel McGowan, of 98, Noel St., Nottingham. Born at Prestwick, Ayrshire. Professional golfer to the Radcliffe-on-Trent Golf Club.
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Buried or commemorated at

CROSS ROADS CEMETERY, FONTAINE-AU-BOIS
Nord France
Number of casualties: 742
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