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Rifleman G W SOWERBY

Service Number: 76136
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 September 1918

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FLESQUIERES HILL BRITISH CEMETERY

II. E. 6.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Mary Ellen Sowerby, of 22, Maryside Place, Clara Vale, Ryton, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription WE ASKED LIFE FOR HIM BUT GOD HATH GIVEN HIM LIFE FOR EVERMORE
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Buried or commemorated at

FLESQUIERES HILL BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 921
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