The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private S A Bowden

Private Stanley Arthur BOWDEN, G/18368, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders, France, death presumed on or after 4th August 1917, age 27.

Born Dunstable, Bedfordshire, son of Mrs. Fanny Bowden, of 23, St. Peter's Road., Dunstable, Bedfordshire / 10, St. Peter's Road., Dunstable, Bedfordshire.

1911 Census - 10, St. Peter's Road., Dunstable, Bedfordshire - Fanny Bowden, head, age 47, married 25 years, 3 children, all still alive, straw hat machinist, born Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire; Beatrice Bowden, daughter, age 25, single, designer, straw hat trade, born Dunstable, Bedfordshire; Stanley Bowden, son, age 21, single, carpenter, born Dunstable, Bedfordshire; Ethel Bowden, daughter, age 18, single, straw hat machinist, born Dunstable, Bedfordshire.

Enlisted Montpelier Place, Brighton, Sussex, age 25, height 5ft 4 inches, weight 113lbs, slight defect, flat feet. Resided 10, St. Peter's Road., Dunstable, Bedfordshire. Formerly carpenter.

Home 4th December 1915 to 30th July 1916; BEF 31st July 1916 to 4th August 1917.

4th December 1915, enlisted 5th Cyclist Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, 2096 / 5th Cinque Ports Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, 4512; 31st July 1916, Folkestone, embarked; 31st July 1916, Boulogne, disembarked; 1st August 1916, 40 Infantry Base Depot, Etaples; 9th October 1916, transferred to 4th Territorial Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment & posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 4th August 1917, posted missing.

Separation Allowance, 1/- a week, Allotment of Pay 3/6 a week.

15th September 1919, Statement of Relatives - Mother, Fanny Bowden, 10, St. Peter's Road., Dunstable, Bedfordshire; Sisters - Mrs Beatrice Alice Worth, age 33, 10, St. Peter's Road., Dunstable, Bedfordshire; Ethel Louise Bowden, age 27, 10, St. Peter's Road., Dunstable, Bedfordshire.

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 & 47, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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