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Sapper W J COWLER

Service Number: 1388
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

1st (London) Div. Signal Coy.

Date of Death

Died 26 June 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MAILLY WOOD CEMETERY, MAILLY-MAILLET

I. P. 13.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of E. and J. Cowler, of Holmesdale, Woolacombe, Devon.
  • Personal Inscription WITH THE LORD WHICH IS FAR BETTER
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Buried or commemorated at

MAILLY WOOD CEMETERY, MAILLY-MAILLET
Somme France
Number of casualties: 703
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