We remember Robert Christopher Bowman

We remember Robert Christopher Bowman

Timeline

Timeline

1876
sibling Christopher Robert Alfred Bowman Source:8568599 1876
1877
sibling Eliza N H Bowman Source:8568599 1877
1879
birth Stratford, Essex United Kingdom Source:8567870 Source:8567633 September 1879
1881
location 2 S. Helens Place, Ipswich United Kingdom parents address Source:8568282 3rd April 1881
1891
location 711 Orwell Street, Ipswich, Suffolk United Kingdom parents address Source:8568599 5th April 1891
1903
marriage Harriet Blanche Gallaway Source:8568358 1903 - 1917
1908
children Edward Bowman Source:8568631 18th February 1908
1910
children Mary Bowman Source:8568631 19th August 1910
1911
employment Skin Dresser Saudage Maker London United Kingdom Source:8568345 2nd April 1911
1911
location 4 Eaton Street, Lambeth, London United Kingdom their own address Source:8568345 2nd April 1911
1913
children Michael W Bowman Source:8568631 4th November 1913
1914
employment Skin Dresser London United Kingdom Source:8567870 31st August 1914
1914
enlistment Tottenham, Middlesex United Kingdom Source:8567870 31st August 1914
1914
service British Army Private 2118 Middlesex Regiment 5th Battalion Source:8567870 31st August 1914 - 25th September 1914
1914
service British Army Private 2118 Middlesex Regiment 2nd Battaliion Source:8567870 26th September 1914 - 23rd October 1916
1914
theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:442663 11th December 1914
1914
events Field General Court Marshall Military Discipline La Flinque France The sentence was commuted to 2 years imprisonment with hard labour and then suspended during 1915. In 1917 the unexpired portion of the 2 year sentence was remitted. Source:8573299 31st December 1914 - 31st December 1914
1915
events Battalion Orders Military Discipline Source:8567870 22nd November 1915
1916
service British Army Lance Corporal 2118 Middlesex Regiment 2nd Battalion Source:8567870 24th October 1916 - 25th April 1917
1917
service British Army Lance Corporal 2118 Middlesex 6th Battalion Source:8567870 26th April 1917 - 21st March 1918
1918
service British Army Lance Corporal 42154 North Staffordshire 2/6th Battalion Source:8567870 22nd March 1918 - 2nd April 1918
1918
service British Army Serjeant 42154 North Staffordshire Regiment 2/6th Battalion Source:8567870 3rd April 1918 - 15th April 1918
1918
death Killed in Action He was killed when the Germans attacked and over-ran the front line trenches held by the 2/6th North Staffordshire Regiment. Bailleul France Source:7133727 Source:8568709 15th April 1918
burial Le Grand Beaumart British Cemetery, Steenwerck CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Nord France III. C. 13 Source:7133727 Source:8568709

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Robert Christopher
Initials RC
Last Name Bowman
Source 8567633
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
2 S. Helens Place, Ipswich United Kingdom parents address known 3rd April 1881
4 Eaton Street, Lambeth, London United Kingdom their own address known 2nd April 1911
711 Orwell Street, Ipswich, Suffolk United Kingdom parents address known 5th April 1891
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 2118 Middlesex Regiment 2nd Battaliion Private
British Army 2118 Middlesex Regiment 5th Battalion Private
British Army 2118 Middlesex 6th Battalion Lance Corporal
British Army 42154 North Staffordshire 2/6th Battalion Lance Corporal
British Army 2118 Middlesex Regiment 2nd Battalion Lance Corporal
British Army 42154 North Staffordshire Regiment 2/6th Battalion Serjeant
Awards
AwardTypeSource
1914/15 Star First World War Campaign/Service Medal
British War Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Victory Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Family
Children
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Michael W Bowman son 4th November 1913
Edward Bowman son 18th February 1908
Mary Bowman daughter 19th August 1910
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Annie Marie Bowman mother
Christopher Robert Bowman father
Siblings
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Eliza N H Bowman sister 1877
Christopher Robert Alfred Bowman brother 1876
Spouse
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Harriet Blanche Gallaway wife 1903

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Imperial1
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Gordon760
1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Gordon760
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Gordon760
England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription Gordon760
England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription Gordon760
1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Gordon760

External Evidence

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British Army WW1 Service Records Gordon760
UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 Gordon760
War Diary of 2/6th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment Gordon760
23 Infantry Brigade: Headquarters, War Diary Nov - Dec 1914 Gordon760

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