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Rifleman GEORGE CHRISTOPHER DOWELL

Service Number: 5339225
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 September 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AIRAINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Row 1. Grave 6.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Christopher George and Gladys Maude Dowell, of Faringdon, Berkshire.
  • Personal Inscription YEARS GO BY BUT MEMORIES NEVER FADE
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Buried or commemorated at

AIRAINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 7
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