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Trooper JACK SOWRAY

Service Number: 7944430
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Armoured Corps

8th King's Royal Irish Hussars.

Date of Death

Died 08 August 1944

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY

XXVII. A. 8.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harry and Sarah E. Sowray, of Bradford, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription ETERNAL REST GRANT UNTO HIM, O LORD; AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 4654
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