ROWLEY Hugh Travers

  • First Name(s):
    Hugh 
    Travers 
  • Surname:
    ROWLEY
  • Service Number:
    H0
  • Rank:

    Captain

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    9th (The Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons) Battalion
  • Battalion:
    9th Battalion
  • Unit:
    9th Battalion attached 2nd Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    1st July 1916
  • Age At Death:
    23
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, France, Pier and Face 11D.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of the Reverend Herbert Seddon Rowley, M.A., and Mrs. F. L. Rowley, of Wretham Rectory, Thetford, Norfolk

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Captain Hugh ROWLEY served and died in WW1.

ROWLEY Hugh Travers Is Named On These Memorials

Worcester Cathedral Cloister Windows Chorister
Worcester Cathedral Cloister Windows Kings School
Worcester Kings School War Memorial for School House
Worcester Kings School WW1 Memorial

Further Information About ROWLEY Hugh Travers

Enlisted at the outbreak of the war in the London Regiment, obtained a commission in the Berkshire Regiment in December 1914.

Capt., Royal Berks Regt.
Born January 12, 1893. Fell in France, July 1, 1916.
Hugh Rowley was the elder son of the Reverend H.S. Rowley, Rector of Wretham, Norfolk.  He passed on to the Hostel from the Cathedral Choir School in January, 1908, with a House Scholarship, entering the Fourth Form.  He left in December, 1910, to start engineering. At the outbreak of the War he enlisted in the London Regiment, and obtained his commission in the Berkshire Regiment in December, 1914.  He was promoted Captain in April, 1916.  He fell in the attack on La Boiselle on July 1st after much faithful service.
W. H. C.

Source for additional information: The Vigornian, November 1916, No.87, Vol.VIII

A Memorial Service for The Men of Worcester and the Neighbourhood who have laid down their lives in the war was held in Worcester Cathedral on All Saints Day, 1916 at 7.30pm. 2nd Lieut. H.T. Rowley, Royal Berks is listed on the Roll of Honour in the service booklet under Old Vigornians.

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Hugh Travers Rowley

Hugh Rowley has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Thiepval Memorial.

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