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Second Officer JOHN WILLIAM POUNDER BOWMAN

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Merchant Navy

S.S. Empire Crusader (London).

Date of Death

Died 08 August 1940

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PORTSMOUTH (MILTON) CEMETERY

Plot Y. Row 3. Grave 23.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Adopted son of Miss F. I. Bowman, of Middleton One Row, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription LOVED MUCH, GAVE ALL
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Buried or commemorated at

PORTSMOUTH (MILTON) CEMETERY
Hampshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 427
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