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Old 20-06-20, 01:21 AM
Khyber Khyber is offline
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Originally Posted by High Wood View Post
These are not the man in question but they do illustrate that Sowar Khan was used as a name.

C.W.G.C. entries.

SOWAR KHAN. Follower. 97. 07 January 1917. NAIROBI BRITISH AND INDIAN MEMORIAL. Indian Railways.

SOWAR KHAN. Sepoy. 2419. 13 January 1916. BASRA MEMORIAL. Panel 53.
56th Punjabi Rifles (Frontier Force).

SOWAR KHAN. Sapper. 612. 13 June 1919. DELHI MEMORIAL (INDIA GATE)
Face 26. Indian Signal Corps.
Thanks Simon! Though I feel thats not the way the first name should be rendered.. probably a translation error. I've never heard of a Muslim name called 'sowar'
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