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Pte. Thomas Bowes
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Durham City
Thomas Bowes was wounded in May 1916
Pte. William George Bowes
British Army 22nd Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Newcastle
(d.26th March 1918)
William Bowes served with the 22nd Durham Light Infantry, he is remembered on the Poziers memorial.
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.
Charles Graham Bowick
Civilian Young Mens Christian Association
from:Bedford
(d.3rd May 1918)
Charles Bowick, son of John Robie & Isabel Maud Bowick of 178 Foster Hill Road, Bedford and brother of 2nd Lieutenant William Robie Bowick, Royal Air Force who died 11th June 1918 in an air accident in France). Charles was working with the Young Mens Christian Association when he died on 3rd May 1918 in France and is buried in Lapugnoy Military Cemetery. He is commemorated on the grave stone of his brother William in St Genevieve churchyard, Euston, Suffolk. Both him and his brother William are remembered on The War Memorial, St Peters church, Bedford. A pupil of of Bedford Modern School 1914-15, he os commemorated on the School War Memorial, which was unveiled in 1923 and in the Roll of Honour, published in The Eagle, December 1923. Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com
2nd.Lt. William Robie Bowick
Royal Air Force 12th Training Squadron
from:Bedford
(d.11th June 1918)
William Bowick was the son of John Robie and Isabel Maud Bowick of 178 Foster Hill Road, Bedford and brother of Charles Bowick who died 3rd May 1918 in France working with the YMCA. Born in South Africa he lived in Bedford and had been a scout with the 4th Harrow Troop. William served with 12th Training Squadron, Royal Air Force and was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant on 22nd of September 1916. He was killed in a flying accident in France on 11th June 1918 together with Lieutenant Harry Walter Prince of 183rd US Aero Squadron and is buried in south west part of St. Genevieve churchyard, Euston, Suffolk. Both him and his brother Charles are remembered on The War Memorial, St Peters church, Bedford. Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com
Lt. Edward John Bowie
British Army 2nd Battalion Royal Fusiliers
from:Chiswick, London
Edward John Bowie was my maternal grandfather He was born 31st December 1892, Ely Place, Holborn, of Scottish descent (parents alleged to have walked from Rosehearty to London 1891). He would have been educated locally to homes in Hammersmith and then Chiswick. His father was a shop manager. In 1907/08 joined the Crown Agents in the City of London, aged 15/16. On the 15th February 1912 left the Crown Agents with a certificate of exemplary service after four years. and worked from 1912 as Bank Clerk at Alexander's Discount House, 24 Lombard Street.
On the 17th of October 1914 Edward joined the RNVR AA Division based at HMS President, St Katherine's Dock, service no AA97 and served in the Anti Aircraft Corp of Royal Naval Air Service. Rank unknown. He may have spent time serving in The Dover Patrol (discharge papers addressed from Connaught Barracks, Dover). On the 8th of June 1915, he was discharged from RNVR having being commissioned in the Army. Character VG. On the 29th of June 1915, commissioned, 2nd Lieutenant in the Infantry. He was in 2nd Royal Fusiliers, part of the 29th Division. served in Gallipoli and was wounded. I have photographs of him in Suez dated 1915 though whether before or after Gallipoli I cannot say; nor can I say if he left Gallipoli in January 1916 with the 29th Division and travelled directly to France or not.
In 1916 he was in France with the 29th Division and on the 15th May 1916 he was promoted to lieutenant. After this, on the Somme, he received a very serious head wound (which resulted in him having steel plate for rest of his life) and was buried alive; he was dug out and at first taken for dead He suffered from severe claustrophobia for the rest of his life. He was in Ward B Millbank Hospital, London in July 1916 (again I have photographs). On the 19th November 1917, he was invalided out of army due to his wounds. I have photographs of him in uniform on horseback convalescing at Torquay in November 1917. He returned there on honeymoon in 1922.
In 1917/18, he returned to Alexander's Discount House and by WWII was the general manager. During WWII, as the head of a discount house, he was in a reserved occupation under the Bank of England. Because of claustrophobia he could not travel on trains; he used a gas powered car (with a balloon on top) to drive to London. After Alexander was blitzed in November 1940 he lived in the rubble of the office for a few days to protect the premises (more photos). My Mother and her sister were evacuated to the home of Edward's brother, Douglas Bowie, in Canada in July 1940 a few weeks before SS Benares was torpedoed. Their house in Wallington, close to the fighter station at Croydon, was badly bombed in late 1940 and a tree in the garden took a direct hit from a doodlebug on 11th December 1944, blowing Edward out of bed and the ceiling collapsing on my grandmother. Edward died on 22nd January 1946 in St George's Hospital from pancreatic cancer and the long term effect of his wounds; this was three days before the girls got back from Canada. They were told on the boat and Edward was buried before they got home.
TR. CK. James Bowie
Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Drifter Morning Star IV
from: Buckie, Banffshire.
(d.14th June 1917)
Trimmer Cook Bowie was the Son of George Bowie, of 5, James St., Buckie, Banffshire.
He was 20 years old when he died and is buried in the near left part (from McCurtain Hill entrance) of the Kilgariffe Church of Ireland Churchyard, Kilgariffe, Co. Cork, Ireland.
Engineman John Bowie
Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Drifter Morning Star IV.
from:Buckie, Banffshire.
(d.14th June 1917)
Engineman Bowie was the Husband of Mary Rodger, of 37, Gordon St., Buckie, Banffshire.
He was 29 when he died and is buried in the near left part (from McCurtain Hill entrance) of the Kilgariffe Church of Ireland Churchyard, Kilgariffe, Co. Cork, Ireland.
Capt. Archibald Edgar Baron Bowker MC.
British Army 7th Btn. Middlesex Regiment
from:Fulham, London
Archibald Edgar Baron Bowker went to India at the beginning of the war (details not known). In October 1916 he joined the 7th Middlesex in the line at Neuve Chapelle. He Became Adjutant in January 1917. He was hospitalised twice being gassed at Telegragh Hill on April 24th. He returned to the regiment in August and was awarded a Military Cross at the Battle of the Scarpe.
Having returned to civilian life, he tried to join up in 1939 but was too old. He became a leading member of the Home Guard in Golders Green, North London. He died at the age of 84.
Pte. Herbert Bowker
British Army Lancashire Fusiliers
Herbert Bowker was born in Leeds and lived in Blackburn, Lancashire. Herbert's parents home had an about A2 size studio photographic portrate of their son in uniform which had brass lapel badges in the form of a “ball shape with flames emergingâ€. So we believe he served with the Lancashire Fusiliers. His medals were in a small box with other items in a sideboard drawer. I remember the rainbow ribbon, decades after they were awarded they looked rather neglected (1940s / 50s). I am trying to establish his regiment and service record, I understand he was gassed and consequently died in 1921.
Gdsmn. Herbert Henry Bowker
British Army 3rd Btn. Grenadier Guards
from:274 Audley Range, Blackburn, Lancashire
Herbert Bowker attested on the 12th of December 1915, Age 25, Height 5ft 9¼in, Chest 35 in. He was mobilised on the 9th of January 1917 and posted to the Depot at Caterham, Surrey two days later. He joined 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards and crossed to France on the 3rd of April 1918 On the 27th of April he attended the Lewis Gun School in the field and returned to his battalion on the 11th of May. On the 20th of July 1918 he suffered a wound to the scalp and was hospitalised at Frevent, Trouville and Harfleur in France Henry returned fit to his battalion on the 4th of October 1918. He was granted UK leave from the 5th to 26th of February 1919 and was discharged to Class Z Reserve on the 8th of March 1920 with no pension awarded.
The family was based in Leeds but moved to Blackburn early in the 20th century because Herbert's father had got work as a skilled carpenter in the town centre. Before the war (1911 census) my uncle worked in the cotton industry as a mule piecer cotton. Post WW1 he was employed as a railway passenger porter.
His death on 7th of June 1921 is attributed to Acute Brights Disease (kidneys). He is buried in Blackburn Old Cemetery in a unmarked grave, which also holds his sister Hilda Florence and father Albert William. As a child I remember visiting the grave with his surviving sisters my aunt Ethel and my mother Gertrude. It was summer so I assume it was 7th June or very close.
Herbert's proud parents' living room was dominated by an about A3 size studio photographic photograph of their son in Grenadier Guards dress uniform which had brass lapel badges in the form of a ball shape with flames emerging. Two medals were in a small box (with other items) in a sideboard drawer. I remember the end of WW1 rainbow ribbon - the other would have been service related. Decades after they were awarded they looked rather neglected.
Pte. John Ryther Steer Bowker
British Army King Edwards Horse (Overseas Dominions Regiment)
from:Darling Point, NSW, Australia.
Born the 29th July 1888 in NSW, Australia, John Bowker travelled to London in 1909 to study to become a doctor. There, he joined the Military in 1914, enlisting as a private with King Edward's Horse (Kings Oversea Dominions Regiment). He was discharged from the Military on the 14th December 1918, whereupon he returned to Australia.
Pte. Sydney Bowker
British Army 2nd Btn South Lancashire Regiment
from:68 Lydyett Lane, Barnton, Northwich
(d.15th Apr 1918)
Sydney Bowker was my great uncle and I believe that he never married. I do not know when he joined the army. He is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial in Belgium.
Pte George Henry Bowland
British Army 1st Btn. Berkshire Regt
from:Sawtry, Huntingdonshire
(d.14th November 1916)
Pte. Edward Bowler
British Army 1st Btn. Royal West Kent Regiment
from:Woolwich Kent
My Grandfather Edward Bowler was a regular soldier before WW1 started. He was mobilised and fought at Mons, Hill 60, Vimy Ridge, Arras, etc He also went to Ireland after he was bayoneted in a trench in France, to fight the IRA. He met Mary his future wife in a hospital in the London area, when he had the bayonet wound. They had Frank & Rene Bowler after the war
From information on his Medal Card Private Edward Bowler served with the following units: 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, Machine Gun Corps, Labour Corps, Lancashire Fusiliers. He was awarded the 1914 Star, British War and Victory Medals.
Pte. Edward St.Kentigern Bowler
British Army 72nd Coy. Machine Gun Corps
from:Keswick
(d.12th Aug 1916)
Edward Bowler was my great-uncle, my grandfather's brother. He died of wounds on 12th of August 1916, aged 22. He was one of 14 children, but he didn't have children of his own. His father was a quartermaster. He had lived in Cork, Ireland, but also in Keswick, England.
L/Cpl. Harold Bowler
British Army 10th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
from:Mansfield Woodhouse
(d.28th Jul 1917)
Sgt. Leonard Bowler
British Army 8th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment
from:Barwell, Leicestershire
Len Bowler served with the 8th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment.
Sgt. Augustine Bowles
British Army 2nd Btn. Leinster Regiment
from:8 Thomondgate, Limerick
(d.10th Sep 1918)
Augustine Bowles was the son of the late Joseph Bowles and Elizabeth Bowles. He had previously served with the 1st Connaught Rangers.
Pte. Thomas Bowles
British Army 9th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(d.7th February 1916)
Thomas Bowles served with the 9th Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
Cpl. Herbert Bowley
British Army 3rd Batallion Monmouthshire Regiment
from:Abertillery
(d.3rd May 1915)
Herbert Bowley was born 1893 in Stoke Gifford, Gloucestershire to Alfred Halford Bowley & Eliza Ada Curtis. He was a Coal Hewer for the Powell Tillery Company in Abertillery. He served with the 3rd Monmouths, and lost his life on the 3rd of May 1915. Herbert is buried at the Poelcapelle British Cemetery.
CSM. Thomas Henry Bowley
British Army 2nd Btn. Border Regiment
(d.26th Oct 1914)
My Grandfather, Colour Sergeant Thomas Henry Bowley, was one of the senior NCOs of the 2nd Battalion, Border Regiment who embarked on Troopships Turkoman and Minneapolis at Southampton. On 10th October he was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant and seconded to the Royal Leicestershire Regiment (As the Leicesters were short of 2nd Lts) He was killed 16 days later near Kruiseke Hill.
Pte. Albert Bowling
British Army 2nd Btn. Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment
from:Burnley
(d.20th Oct 1918)
Albert Bowling served with the 2nd Battalion Kings Own Lancaster Regiment during WW1 and died of pneumonia on the 20th October 1918, aged 19. He is buried in Doiran Military Cemetery in Greece. He was the son of John William and Emily Bowling, of 15, Wren St., Burnley.
Pte. Albert Bowling
British Army 2nd Btn. Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment
from:Burnley, Lancs
(d.20th Oct 1918)
Albert Bowling died of pneumonia on 20th October 1918, aged 19. He is buried in the Doiran Military Cemetery in Greece. He was the son of John William and Emily Bowling of 15 Wren Street, Burnley.
Pte. Anthony Bowman
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Byker
Anthony Bowman was wounded in October 1916
L/Cpl. Archibald Bowman
British Army 2nd Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers
Frederick Brewis Bowman
Royal Naval Division Hood Battalion
My Great Grandfather, Frederick Brewis Bowman (No. Tyneside Z/2680) was in the Navy during WW1 and was posted to Hood Battalion on 18.7.1915.
Cpl. Frederick John Bowman
British Army 17th Btn. Middlesex Regiment
from:Hounslow
Pte. George Bowman
British Army 1st/5th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Stockton
(d.24th Apr 1915)
George Bowman died on 24th April 1915 at teh age of 41 whilst serving with the 1st/5th Battalion Durham Light Infantry. He was the husband of Margaret Bowman of 35 Wren Street Stockton. Born Jarrow, he lived Stockton and enlisted Stockton. George is remembered on the Ypres Menin Gate Memorial.
Rifleman Henry Frederick Bowman
Army 16th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps
(d.23rd Apr 1917)
Henry was a member of Hertfordshire and Essex Flying Club, he is commemorated on the Arras Memorial. His son Flt Lt. Henry Cyril Francis "Harry" Bowman DFC lost his life in the Second World War whilst flying with 129 sqd.
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