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Stoker 1St Class JOHN GOWANS

Service Number: R/KX100235
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M. Netlayer Minster.

Date of Death

Died 08 June 1944

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY

XXIV. F. 15.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Gowans, of Newhaven, Edinburgh.
  • Personal Inscription SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS SAFE ON HIS GENTLE BREAST
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Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 4654
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