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Second Lieutenant JOHN WILLIAM MOWAT

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

4th Bn. attd. 14th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 August 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FINS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, SOREL-LE-GRAND

I. B. 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Mowat, of 88, Springkell Avenue, Maxwell Park, Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription AS A LITTLE LANTERN BRIGHT HIS MEMORY SHINES MONTE ALTO
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Buried or commemorated at

FINS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, SOREL-LE-GRAND
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1550
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