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Lieutenant ALAN WILLIAM RUSSELL COWAN

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

73rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 August 1916

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

IX. B. 6.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Robert David Russell Cowan and Catherine Florence Cowan, of Bushley Vicarage, Tewkesbury, England.
  • Personal Inscription "DOMINUS PARS HEREDITATIS SUAE REQUIESCAT IN PACE"
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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