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Lance Corporal ALEXANDER JOHNSTONE COWE

Service Number: 3711321
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 April 1945

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY

IV. A. 12.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alexander Johnstone Cowe and Elizabeth Balfour Stott Cowe. of Fleetwood, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription SILENCE IS THE GREATEST GRIEF BUT MEMORIES REMAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY
Noord-Brabant Netherlands
Number of casualties: 281
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