COWLING Bernard William Kingsbury

  • First Name(s):
    Bernard 
    William 
    Kingsbury 
  • Surname:
    COWLING
  • Service Number:
    40943
  • Rank:

    Rifleman

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)
  • Battalion:
    2nd Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    25th April 1918
  • Age At Death:
    18
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Crucifix Corner Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, France, Grave VII. B. 12
  • Place of Birth:
    Born Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, resident Redhill, Surrey, enlisted Guildford
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of the Rev. B.I. Kingsbury Cowling and Barbara J. Cowling, of Epworth House, 47 Wyndham Rd., Salisbury

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

COWLING Bernard William Kingsbury Is Named On These Memorials

Redditch Secondary School now Trinity High School WW1 Memorial

Further Information About COWLING Bernard William Kingsbury

Educated at Kingswood School, Bath. Native of Redhill, Surrey.

1911 Census
€œEpworth€, Rectory Road, Redditch
Benjamin Isaac Kingsbury Cowling, head, age 43, Wesleyan Methodist Minister, born Durham, Sunderland
Barbara Jane Cowling, wife, age 50, married 12 years, 2 children both still living, born Hebden Bridge, Lancashire
Bernard William Kingsbury Cowling, son, age 11, School, born Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Margaret Irene Barbara Cowling, daughter, age 10, School, born Dawlish, Devon
Annie Slingsby, Servant, age 54

Attested at Guildford on 12th September 1917, aged 18 years, 0 months, occupation: Clerk, height: 6ft 0in.

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