The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Sergeant J H Bower

Photograph (edited) by "International Wargaves Photography Project"

Serjeant James Harry BOWER, G/36646, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (posted to 2nd/20th London Regiment), (formerly 3/2525. York & Lancs Regiment), killed in action, Flanders France, 30th August 1918, age 24.

Born Rotherham, Yorkshire, son of Harry and Gertrude Bower, of Rotherham, Yorkshire.

1911 Census - 36 Deepdale Road, Rotherham, Yorkshire - harry Bowen, head, age 38, married, railway wagon foreman, born Rotherham, Yorkshire; Gertrude Bower, wife, age 35, married 17 years, 3 children, all still alive, born Rotherham, Yorkshire; James Harry Bower, son, age 16, single, apprentice railway wagon smith, born Rotherham, Yorkshire; Mary May Bowen, daughter, age 14, born Rotherham, Yorkshire; Clifford Bower, son, age 2, born Rotherham, Yorkshire.

Husband of Hilda Annie Ferguson (formerly Bower), of 79, Bolchow Road, Grangetown, Yorkshire.

Enlisted Rotherham, Yorkshire.

Buried at H.A.C. Cemetery, IV. D. 22., Ecoust-St Mein, France.

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