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Second Lieutenant W S BOWLES

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Essex Regiment

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 July 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ

IX. K. 8.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 114th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Tom Fred and Mary Alice Bowles, of Les Rochettes, Pontac, St. Clement's, Jersey.
  • Personal Inscription YOU, YOUR KNIGHTLY VIRTUE PROVED
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Buried or commemorated at

DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2053
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