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Guardsman WILLIAM BOWEN

Service Number: 2723089
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Irish Guards

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 October 1943

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIVERPOOL (ANFIELD) CEMETERY

Sec. 22. C. of E. Grave 2246.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Albert Ernest and Jane Bowen, of Liverpool.
  • Personal Inscription A SILVER STAR SHINES ON THE GRAVE OF A SON I LOVED BUT COULD NOT SAVE
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Buried or commemorated at

LIVERPOOL (ANFIELD) CEMETERY
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 1009
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