The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private H H W Bowles

Private Herbert Henry William BOWLES, G/4181, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders, France, 26th September 1915, age 21.

Born, Haybridge, Maldon, Essex, son of Henry & Henrietta Bowles, of 27, Beeleigh Road, Maldon, Essex, and the late .

1911 Census - 27, Beeleigh Road, Maldon, Essex - Henry Bowles, head, age 44, married, gardener & general work, born Ulting, Essex; Henerietta Bowles, wife, age 52, married 26 years, 7 children, 6 still alive born Maldon, Essex; Herbert Henry William Bowles, son, age 16, single, gardener, born Heybridge, Essex; Daisy Bowles, daughter, age 14, school, born Heybridge, Essex; Claude Bonnar Bowles, son, age 8, born Heybridge, Essex.

Enlisted Tonbridge, Kent, age 20, height 5ft 10 inches, weight 140lbs. Resided Maldon, Essex. Formerly footman.

26th October 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 28th October 1914, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

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

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