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Personal data

• Name COWLEY
• Initials S
• First name SYDNEY
• Place of birth Aberdeen
• Country Scotland
• Last residence Grimsby, Lincolnshire
• Family Husband of Emily Waite (later Laity and Dyer-Wright), of 33, Buller St., Grimsby; one daughter, Frances (1916);

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Grimsby
• Service number 801606
• Rank Gunner
• Regiment and unit 189th Army Brigade Royal Field Artillery "D" Bty.
• Army - Corps - Division ?
• National force B.E.F.

Death

• Wounded 23 October, while taking ammunition to the front via pack horse;
• Type of wounds Died of shell wounds in the leg
• Date of death 26 October 1917
• Died at the age of 20
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXII - C - 12A

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