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Gunner EDWARD JAMES COWAN WEST

Service Number: 890635
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

72 Field Regt.

Date of Death

Died 21 July 1942

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY

IV. A. 2.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Annie West, of Whitley Bay, Northumberland.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR SON, GOD'S GREATEST GIFT, REMEMBRANCE
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Buried or commemorated at

FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1638
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