DOWSON, Harry
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Rank:
Marine
Unit / Base:
40RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Service Number:
EX/5685
Born:
Tuesday, August 4, 1914
Birthplace:
Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland
Died :
Sunday, July 18, 1943
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
28
Cemetery/Memorial:
Marine Harry Dowson was wounded (bomb wound to his upper left chest) on 17 July 1943 at Sicily. On this date HMS Queen Emma was bombed in Augusta Harbour. Marine Dowson died of his wounds the following day at 151 Field Ambulance. Son of Harry and Gertrude Dowson, of Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/130.
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/130.
RN/RM Casualty Logs 1939-45.
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