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Corporal THOMAS McGOWAN

Service Number: 2886458
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 October 1942

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

V. B. 17.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Isabella McGowan, of Coalburn, Lanarkshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE SLUMBERS IN THIS FOREIGN GRAVE THE FRESH YOUNG LIFE WE COULDN'T SAVE
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Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 7368
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