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Lance Corporal GORDON BOWER

Service Number: 1044
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

"D" Coy. 22nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 October 1916

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BIENVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY

XVIII. L. 1.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Augusta Bower, of 104, Baring St., South Shields. Handicraft Instructor under Durham County Council.
  • Personal Inscription BELOVED SON OF JOSEPH & AUGUSTA BOWER
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Buried or commemorated at

BIENVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1624
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