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Rifleman WILLIAM GEORGE COWLING

Service Number: 6917008
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

8th (2nd Bn. The London Rifle Brigade) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 December 1945

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KIEL WAR CEMETERY

6. B. 15.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Alfred and Edith Isabel Cowling; husband of Audrey Gwendoline Cowling, of Croydon, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription AS WE LOVED YOU SO WE MISS YOU. YOU WERE DEARER THAN GOLD. AUDREY, DENISE & GEORGIE
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Buried or commemorated at

KIEL WAR CEMETERY
Schleswig-Holstein Germany
Number of casualties: 993
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