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Sergeant ROYLE WILLIAM GOWTHORPE

Service Number: 1685
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South African Medical Corps

attd Umvoti Mounted Rifles

Date of Death

Died 21 June 1942

Age 46 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY

10. E. 13.

Libya

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Husband of Hilda Gowthorpe.
  • Personal Inscription ALWAYS REMEMBERED AND SADLY MISSED
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Buried or commemorated at

TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY
Libya
Number of casualties: 2480
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