BOWER Herbert

  • First Name(s):
    Herbert 
  • Surname:
    BOWER
  • Service Number:
    SD3889
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Royal Sussex Regiment
  • Battalion:
    11th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    21st October 1916
  • Age At Death:
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, France, Pier and Face 7C.
  • Place of Birth:
    Golcar, Yorkshire
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of James and Nancy Bower, husband of Annie Bower

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BOWER Herbert Is Named On These Memorials

Worcester St Matthew’s Church

Further Information About BOWER Herbert

The following report appears in the Worcester Herald, 18th November 1916:
Mr Herbert Bower who, until enlisting, was a porter at the Worcester Workhouse is reported missing.  He went through the Boer War and came from Huddersfield to Worcester.  He had been engaged for some time by the Guardians as a porter.  He was in a cyclist’s battalion attached to the Sussex Regiment.  Nothing had been heard of him for a month, until Wednesday night, when the Master of the Workhouse received a message to say that he has been missing since October 21st.  His wife is still portress at the Union.

Herbert Bower has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Thiepval Memorial.

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Credits: Casualty identified and researched by Andy Frisby.