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Sapper JOHN GOWANS

Service Number: 235991
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

249th Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 27 April 1917

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAILLEUL ROAD EAST CEMETERY, ST. LAURENT-BLANGY

I. E. 11.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late John and Mary Gowans, of 36, Windsor Terrace, Gateshead; husband of Hannah E. Gowans, of 1, Haydn Place, Gateshead, Co. Durham.
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