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Lance Corporal W J GOWER

Service Number: 17729
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Wiltshire Regiment

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 July 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GORDON DUMP CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE

IX. O. 4.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 1st/1st Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George Frank and Harriet Gower, of 20, Premier St., Nechells, Birmingham.

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Buried or commemorated at

GORDON DUMP CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1680
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