Francis Fowler McEwan ( – 21 September 1944) was a Scottish professional

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who played in the

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for

Airdrieonians Airdrieonians Football Club is a Scottish professional football team in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, who are members of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) and play in Scottish League One. They were formed in 2002 as Airdrie United ...

as a

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Personal life

At the outbreak of the

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, McEwan enlisted in the

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. As a

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in the

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, he was deployed to

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in July 1944 and died of wounds in the area of Donk on 21 September 1944. He was buried in Mol Communal Cemetery.

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Scottish footballers Scottish Football League players 1944 deaths Scottish military personnel Rifle Brigade soldiers Footballers from Airdrie, North Lanarkshire Men's association football inside forwards Whitburn F.C. players Airdrieonians F.C. (1878) players Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players Airdrieonians F.C. (1878) wartime guest players Hamilton Academical F.C. wartime guest players British Army personnel killed in World War II 1910s births {{Scotland-footy-forward-1910s-stub