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Trooper EDWARD COWAN

Service Number: 7906661
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Armoured Corps

H.Q. 1st Armd. Bde.

Date of Death

Died 29 April 1941

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PHALERON WAR CEMETERY

9. E. 7.

Greece

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert William and Frances Ellen Cowan, of Lanchester, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription HE SLEEPS WITH ENGLAND'S HEROES IN THE WATCHFUL EYE OF GOD
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Buried or commemorated at

PHALERON WAR CEMETERY
Greece
Number of casualties: 2056
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