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Lance Serjeant LESLIE COWELL

Service Number: 4341624
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Yorkshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 May 1940

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CRETINIER CEMETERY, WATTRELOS

Grave 30.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Alice Cowell; husband of Demerious H. Cowell, of Hull.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR THOSE HE LOVED. MAY HIS SACRIFICE BE NOT IN VAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

CRETINIER CEMETERY, WATTRELOS
Nord France
Number of casualties: 42
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