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Able Seaman HARRY ROWSE

Service Number: D/JX 193649
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Decoy.

Date of Death

Died 25 July 1942

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NAIROBI WAR CEMETERY

2. G. 7.

Kenya

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Lilian Rowse, of Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription YEARS WILL NOT DARKEN NOR SHADOWS DIM THE BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES WE CHERISH OF HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

NAIROBI WAR CEMETERY
Kenya
Number of casualties: 2032
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