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Private HERBERT COWGILL

Service Number: 205207
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 October 1917

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NINE ELMS BRITISH CEMETERY

IV. D. 12.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Cowgill, of Slaithwaite, Yorks.; husband of Isabel Cowgill, of 16, Hardend, Marsden, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

NINE ELMS BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1615
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