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Private JOHN DOWBER

Service Number: 3390438
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Welch Regiment

1/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 January 1945

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOTTON WAR CEMETERY

II. A. 8.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Mary Jane Dowber; husband of Olga Margaret Dowber, of Rochdale, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription "QUI PROCUL HINC, QUI ANTE DIEM PERLIT: SED MILES, SED PRO PATRIA"
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Buried or commemorated at

HOTTON WAR CEMETERY
Luxembourg Belgium
Number of casualties: 668
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