SOWERBUTTS, Edward Gordon
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Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base:
2 Commando
4 Independent Company
Regiment/Corps:
Liverpool Scottish, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
Service:
Army
Service Number:
2930775
Died :
Monday, February 27, 1989
Place died or last resided:
Birkenhead
Edward Gordon Sowerbutts volunteered in 1940 for the newly formed Independent Companies and was posted to No.4 Independent Company serving as a Private in No.3 Platoon, 4 Company. He joined No.2 Commando after its formation in February 1941 under Lt.Col. Newman and by August that year was a Lance Corporal in 4 Troop. Member of the Commando Association from Birkenhead.
Sources
Dennis Reeves, Curator Liverpool Scottish Museum.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 89 (1989).
[Image] No.2 Commando 4 Troop photo in gallery.
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
Yes
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