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Second Lieutenant JOHN ROWLEY

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 December 1917

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY

XXX. E. 14.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Margaret Ellen Rowley, of 503, Mill St., Openshaw, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription HE FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT AND GAINED THE ETERNAL CROWN
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Buried or commemorated at

POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 7485
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