The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A J Bowles

Private Alfred John BOWLES, G/17241, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders, France, 22nd March 1918, age 41.

Born Ealing Middlesex, son of Mrs. Harriet Bowles, of 14, Layton Rd., Brentford.

4th August 1901, Chiswick, married Emma Clark, spinster, of 8 York Road, Richmond, Surrey.

Children - Rose Elizabeth Bowles, born 3 ??? 1906, Richmond; Sidney George Bowles, born 3rd May 1905, Richmond; Edith May Bowles, born 3rd October 1910, Richmond; Emily Ann Bowles, born 31st December 1912, Richmond; Harry Bowles, born 30th December 1915, Richmond.

1911 Census - 4 York Road, Richmond, Surrey - Alfred Bowles, head, age 34, married, general carman, born Ealing Middlesex; Emma Bowles, wife, age 31, married 10 years, 7 children, 3 still alive, laundress calender hand, born Chiswick, Middlesex; Sidney Bowles, son, age 6, born Brentford, Middlesex; Rosie Bowles, daughter, age 4, born Isleworth, Middlesex; Edith Bowles, daughter, age 6 months, born Richmond, Surrey; Ann Giles, Boarder, age 76, widow, born Uffington, Berkshire.

Enlisted Richmond, Surrey, age 39, height 5ft 6½ inches, weight 129lbs, mole on right side, slight varicose veins. Resided 8 York Road, Richmond, Surrey. Formerly carman.

Home 4th December 1915 to 23rd November 1916; BEF 24th November 1916 to 26th July 1917; Home 27th July 1917 to 4th February 1918; BEF 5th February 1918 to 22nd March 1918.

4th December 1915, enlisted; 5th December 1915 to Army Reserve; 5th August 1916, mobilized; 8th August 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 24th November 1916, posted BEF & embarked, posted 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 25th November 1916, 40 Infantry Base Depot, Etaples; 8th December 1916, joined 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, in the Field; 11th July 1917, 14 General Hospital, Wimereux, trench fever; 26th July 1917, to England on Hospital Ship, ex 14 General Hospital Rouen; 27th July 1917, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 27th July 1917 to 19th August 1917, Princess Christian Hospital, Weymouth, trench fever; 19th August 1917 to 27th September 1917, Military Convalescent Hospital, Woldingham, trench fever; 27th September 1917 to 6th October 1917, furlough; 7th October 1917 to 29th December 1917, posted Eastern Command Depot, Shoreham by Sea; 30th December 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 5th February 1918, Infantry Base Depot, Etaples; 9th February 1918, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 27th February 1918, joined Battalion in the Field.

4th November 1918, pension of 33/9 a week awarded to widow & 4 children.

28th May 1920, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Emma Bowles, age 42, 13, Layton Rd., Brentford; Children - Sidney George Bowles, born 3rd May 1905; Edith May Bowles, born 3rd October 1910; Emily Ann Bowles, born 31st December 1912; Harry Bowles, born 30th December 1915; Mother, Harriet Bowles, age 70, 14, Layton Rd., Brentford; Brothers - Harry Bowles, age 50, 1 Lanfrey Place, West Kensington; William Bowles, age 43, 13, Layton Rd., Brentford; Sister - Jane Ever????, age 39, 14, Layton Rd., Brentford; six nephews, eleven nieces.

Commemorated at Pozieres Memorial, Panel 58 & 59, Somme, France.

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