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Captain The Hon. OSWALD CAWLEY

Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

10th (Shropshire and Cheshire Yeomanry) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 August 1918

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

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France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Sir Frederick Cawley, 1st Baron Cawley of Prestwich, and Baroness Cawley, of Berrington Hall, Leominster, Herefordshire. Member of Parliament for Prestwich Division, Lancashire since Feb. 1918. His brothers, Harold T. and John S. also fell.
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Number of casualties: 27
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