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Leading Aircraftman ESMOND JAMES VOWLES

Service Number: 1400136
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

11 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 17 August 1943

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MAYNAMATI WAR CEMETERY

3. E. 11.

Bangladesh

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William C. Vowles and Violet Vowles, of Ton Pentre, Glamorgan.
  • Personal Inscription THE SUN WENT DOWN, WHILE IT WAS YET DAY
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Buried or commemorated at

MAYNAMATI WAR CEMETERY
Bangladesh
Number of casualties: 737
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