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Private WILLIAM GILBERT DOWSON

Service Number: 14286188
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 April 1944

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO

XII. D. 8.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James William and Sarah Annie Dowson; husband of Wilhelmina Dowson, of Hartlepool, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
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Buried or commemorated at

BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO
Italy
Number of casualties: 2317
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