250688 Wilfred Thompson Bowhill British Army 13th Battalion Rifle Brigade from:60 Stafford Rd, Bow, London My grandfather, Wilfred Bowhill was a stretcher bearer. He was wounded three times, once in the back of the neck, once in the chin and once through his leg. My grandfather didn't speak about the war but he did say that hearing men caught on barbed wire in the battlefield and being unable to help them was distressing. Apparently he was separated from his battalion after the armistice and found himself in a farm house, alone. There was a German soldier in the same predicament and they spent some time together. At the time they separated there was a decorative bow on the wall of the house that they halved. My uncle has a walking stick made from the half my grandfather took with him.
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