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Sapper WILLIAM McCOWAT

Service Number: 1983676
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

629 Field Sqn.

Date of Death

Died 06 June 1944

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY

1. I. 21.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of David and Alexandrina McCowat, of Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription ONLY GOD ALONE CAN SEE, DEAR JUST WHAT YOUR ABSENCE MEANS TO ME. HE DIED FOR US
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Buried or commemorated at

HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 1005
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