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|Surname and forenames=Cowen William Henry 
|Army number=4270931
|Rank=Fusilier
|Decorations=None known.
|Date of birth=Date not yet known.
|Age=29 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served B.E.F.?   Served Malaya.  DIED 9/10/1943 at Chungkai, Siam, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
|Company/Battery=W Company.
|Task or role=Not yet known.
|Promotions=None known.
|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
|Prisoner of War=Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore when the force was surrendered.
|Died/Killed in action=DIED 9/10/1943.  Cause of death - Beri Beri and Amoebic Dysentery. Buried by Reverend Thompson initially in grave 648N Chungkai.  Re-interred in grave 9.F.5. Chungkai War Cemetery.  Headstone inscription reads:- "TILL WE MEET AGAIN HE WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED BY HIS LOVING MOTHER AND ALL".  Probate granted 19/11/1945, Newcastle upon Tyne. 
|Home address=Son of Lizzie Jane Cowen of Dunston, Gateshead.  William had lived at 83, Clapham Street, Dunston on Tyne.  
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