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Able Seaman RICHARD WILLIAM BOWERS

Service Number: C/J40460
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Arpha

Date of Death

Died 27 February 1941

Age 42 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PORT SAID WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

V. A. 11.

Egypt

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Elizabeth Bowers; husband of Elizabeth Jane Bowers, of Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. Also served in the 1914-18 War.
  • Personal Inscription OUT OF A WORLD OF TROUBLE INTO A HAVEN OF REST LIES OUR BELOVED AT REST
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Buried or commemorated at

PORT SAID WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 1104
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