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Second Lieutenant FRANK DOUGLAS SOWERBY

Regiment & Unit/Ship

4th (Queen's Own) Hussars

Special Reserve

Date of Death

Died 01 August 1916

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

VI. G. 2.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 18th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. Son of Francis and Maud Elizabeth Sowerby, of Hawerby Hall, nr. Grimsby, Lincs.
  • Personal Inscription ALL HONOUR GIVE TO THOSE WHO NOBLY STRIVING NOBLY FELL
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Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 804
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