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Captain WILLIAM BOWLES

Service Number: 120002
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

Date of Death

Died 17 June 1940

Age 51 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PORNIC WAR CEMETERY

2. AB. 1.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William George and Jenny Bowles; husband of Thirza Adelaide Bowles, of Hatch End, Middlesex.
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Buried or commemorated at

PORNIC WAR CEMETERY
Loire-Atlantique France
Number of casualties: 400
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