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Gunner WILLIAM MAIN COWAN

Service Number: M/3370
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Canadian Artillery

17 Field Regt.

Date of Death

Died 04 January 1945

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CORIANO RIDGE WAR CEMETERY

XIII, B, 9.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Jeannie Cowan; husband of Peggy Eileen Cowan, of Lewes, Sussex.
  • Personal Inscription RESTING WHERE NO SHADOWS FALL IN PEACE HE AWAITS US ALL. WIDOW AND FAMILY
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Buried or commemorated at

CORIANO RIDGE WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1940
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