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Flying Officer EDWIN RICHARD COWAN

Service Number: 66596
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

4 Photographic Sqdn

Date of Death

Died 06 February 1943

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DELY IBRAHIM WAR CEMETERY

3. G. 1.

Algeria

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Force Medal
  • Additional Info Air Medal (U.S.A.). Son of James and Lillie Cowan, of Bidston, Cheshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE. LOVED AND MISSED BY ALL. MUM,DAD,ALICE,JIM, LILLIE & JOHN
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Buried or commemorated at

DELY IBRAHIM WAR CEMETERY
Algeria
Number of casualties: 530
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