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Second Lieutenant JAMES ALEXANDER DOWENS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Scottish Borderers

4th Bn

Date of Death

Died 17 October 1918

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DADIZEELE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

I. A. 2.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Dowens, of 8, Ivy Place, Berwick-on-Tweed; husband of Janet Dowens, of 5, Clifton Terrace, Portobello, Midlothian. Late of Mashonaland Railway Co., Bulawayo, South Africa.
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Buried or commemorated at

DADIZEELE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1029
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