Description: Medal index cards were created by the Army Medal Office towards the end of the First World War. They record the medals that men and women who served in the First World War were entitled to claim.
Title: *A soldier's war; being the diary of the late Arthur Henry Cook
Description: being the diary of the late Arthur Henry Cook, written during four years service with the 1st Battalion. The Somerset Light Infantry, on the Western Front, France, during the Great War, 1914-18
Alfred Percy Bower was killed in action at Preseau on 1 November 1918, while serving in the 1st Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry during the Battle of Valenciennes; his death is mentioned in the published diary of Sergeant-Major A. H. Cook, D.C.M., M.M.*: ‘Soon we came into contact with the enemy, who made himself unpleasant now the barrage had passed over him ... we had to go on and get them before they got us. One of the first to go down was Captain Osborne. The Captain was sitting up a few yards from me, obviously in great pain. He took something from his pocket and swallowed it. 2nd Lieutenant Bower who, I believe, was in action for the first time, ran across to the Captain, but a bullet got him and he dropped dead at the Captain’s side.
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Additional: Alfred Percy Bower was killed in action at Preseau on 1 November 1918, while serving in the 1st Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry during the Battle of Valenciennes; his death is mentioned in the published diary of Sergeant-Major A. H. Cook, D.C.M., M.M.*: ‘Soon we came into contact with the enemy, who made himself unpleasant now the barrage had passed over him ... we had to go on and get them before they got us. One of the first to go down was Captain Osborne, right in the stomach, a nasty place to be hit. Down he went and down went the company, opening up a withering fire on the enemy. But they were under cover and we were in the open. The Captain was sitting up a few yards from me, obviously in great pain. He took something from his pocket and swallowed it. 2nd Lieutenant Bower who, I believe, was in action for the first time, ran across to the Captain, but a bullet got him and he dropped dead at the Captain’s side.
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ID: 5491452
Reference: wwisd
Title: Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription
Description: Copy of Service Record for Alfred Percy Bower from National Archives October 2014
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Additional: Names of relatives match known facts
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ID: 6990357
Title: Alfred Percy Bower
Description: In Uniform
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ID: 7310816
Reference: CWGCCASUALIWM
Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records
Description: The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) commemorate First World War servicemen and women and members of some civilian organisations who died before 31 August 1921 while in Commonwealth military service or of causes attributable to service.