BOWERS Rupert William Michael

  • First Name(s):
    Rupert 
    William 
    Michael 
  • Surname:
    BOWERS
  • Service Number:
    25220805
  • Rank:

    Captain

  • Conflict:
    Afghanistan
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Mercian Regiment
  • Battalion:
    2nd Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    21st March 2012
  • Age At Death:
    24
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    St Bartholomew's Churchyard, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England. Commemorated on the Armed Forces Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire, England
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Husband of Victoria Bowers

Captain Rupert BOWERS served and died in Afghanistan.(opens in a new tab)

BOWERS Rupert William Michael Is Named On These Memorials

Stourbridge Old Swinford Hospital School

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Additional information on the memorial: The Mercian Regiment. Afghanistan Killed in action, 21st March 2012. Age 24.

Further Information About BOWERS Rupert William Michael

Captain Rupert Bowers was born on 29th July 1987 in Wolverhampton. After leaving school in 2005 he entered the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. In April 2007 he was commissioned into the 1st Battalion The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment and joined his regiment for a tour in Afghanistan where his actions resulted in him being Mentioned in Dispatches. After returning from Afghanistan he deployed on exercises in Jamaica and Kenya before being deployed to Afghanistan. He was home on leave in February 2012 when his wife, Victoria, gave birth to their first child, a baby boy they named Hugo. On 21st March 2012 he was leading a patrol to clear a position of the threat of insurgents when he was killed in the blast from an improvised explosive device.

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