We remember Douglas Eric Bowra

We remember Douglas Eric Bowra

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Timeline

Timeline

1889
sibling Claude Victor Bowra Source:7197409 1889
1896
birth Coomb, Shaftesbury, Dorset United Kingdom Source:8664490 Source:8664491 1896
1911
location Famham Blandford, Dorset United Kingdom parents address Source:8664684 1911
1914
enlistment Guildford, Surrey United Kingdom Source:8664491 20th October 1914
1914
service British Army Gunner 47473 Royal Garrison Artillery 19th Company Source:8664491 25th November 1914 - 7th February 1915
1915
theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:8664491 26th September 1915 - 16th December 1918
1915
service British Army Gunner 47473 Royal Garrison Artillery 185th Company Source:8664491 2nd October 1915 - 21st March 1918
1918
service British Army Bombardier 47473 Royal Garrison Artillery 185th Company, 18th Siege Battery Source:8664491 22nd March 1918 - 12th February 1919
1919
death War Related Sickness Influenza & pneumonia Tucker House, Lingfield, Surrey United Kingdom Source:7197409 Source:8664491 12th February 1919
burial Dormansland (st. John) Churchyard CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Surrey United Kingdom Source:7197409

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Douglas Eric
Initials DE
Last Name Bowra
Source 7197409
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
Famham Blandford, Dorset United Kingdom parents address known 1911
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 47473 Royal Garrison Artillery 185th Company Gunner
British Army 47473 Royal Garrison Artillery 19th Company Gunner
British Army 47473 Royal Garrison Artillery 185th Company, 18th Siege Battery Bombardier
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
William Charles Bowra father
Margaret mother
Siblings
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Claude Victor Bowra brother 1889

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Communities

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Evidence

Evidence

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Imperial1
England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription Anne23518
British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Transcription Anne23518
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Anne23518
England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription Anne23518

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Multimedia

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St John's Dormansland Churchyard Anne23518
Dormansland WW1 memorial Lara102843
St John's Dormansland War Memorial Anne23518

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