The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Corporal W H Bowen

Corporal William Henry BOWEN, G/2778, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders, France, death presumed on or after, 26th September 1915.

Born Fulham, London, SW, son of Arthur William Bowen, 20 Victoria Street, Rochester, Kent / 12 Midland Terrace, Willesden Junction / 44 Cumberland Road, Acton, London, W3.

Enlisted Chatham, Kent, age 20, height 5ft 3 inches, weight 134lbs. Resided Rochester, Kent. Formerly Postman.

7th September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th September 1914, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 13th October 1914, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 27th May 1915, promoted Corporal; 26th September 1915, posted missing.

11th October 1920, Statement of Relatives - Father, Arthur Bowen, 44 Cumberland Road, Acton; Brother - Arthur William Bowen, age 34, Royal Army Service Corps, 22579, Hong Kong, China; Sisters - Mrs L? James. age 36?, 61 Bruntford? Avenue, Munster? Road, Fulham; Lizzie Bowen, 87 Ravenscroft? Road, Beckenham, Kent.

Commemorated at Loos Memorial, Panel 95 to 97, Pas de Calais, France.

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