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Flight Sergeant JAMES WILLIAM GOWANS

Service Number: 987869
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 27 August 1943

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SEAHAM CEMETERY

Plot 3. Grave 2009.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James William and Ellen Louisa Gowans, of Deneside, Seaham.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT WE MAY LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

SEAHAM CEMETERY
Durham United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 70
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