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Captain WILLIAM DOWELL

Service Number: 148562
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Scottish Borderers

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 December 1944

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY

57. C. 18.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Frances Mary Dowell, of Blackburn, Lancashire; husband of Kathleen Dowell, of Blackburn.
  • Personal Inscription OLD CESTRIAN. LOVED & REMEMBERED BY RELATIVES & FRIENDS AT BLACKBURN, ENGLAND. R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Number of casualties: 7671
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