- First Name(s):David
- Surname:GOWER
- Service Number:658090
- Rank:
Private
- Conflict:WW1
- Service:Army
- Army Sector:Infantry
- Corps:Canadian Expeditionary Force
- Regiment:Ontario Regiment
- Battalion:1st Battalion
- Former Units:None
- Date of Death:6th November 1917
- Age At Death:
- Cause of Death:Killed in action
- Place of Death:Unknown
- Place of Burial:Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium, Panel 10 - 26 - 28.
- Place of Birth:Unknown
- Home Town:Unknown
- Casualty's Relatives:Unknown
GOWER David Is Named On These Memorials
Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above
Hanbury St Mary the Virgin Church with the information: Pte. Candian Inf.
Further Information About GOWER David
Additional information on the memorial: Pte. Candian Inf.
Appears in the Worcester/Worcestershire Roll of Honour Book for army casualties located in Worcester Cathedral.
David Gower enlisted as a Private in the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force for the duration of the war on 17th October 1916 in Niagara, Ontario. On his attestation form he gave his date of birth as 23rd February 1893 in Bromsgrove, England, his profession as a Bar Tender and his next of kin as his wife, Mrs Sophia Gower, Bear Cave P.O., Rosseau, Ontario. David also gave his sister’s name and address: Mrs D.A. Kell, Box 369, Kincardine, Ontario, Canada. David was 5 feet 3½ inches tall with a fair complexion, hazel eyes and brown hair.
On 31st October 1916 David Gower sailed from Halifax, Canada with his unit on the SS Caronia, disembarking in Liverpool, England on 11th November 1916. He remained in England on reserve until 7th March 1917 when he was posted to France, arriving there on 9th March 1917. On 6th November 1917 he was initially reported as being wounded and taken to hospital, this was later amended to killed in action.
National Archives of Canada Reference: RG150, Accession 1992-93/166 Box 3687 €“ 33
The Canada War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty) records the following information on Private David Gower:
€œKilled in Action€
When with his Battalion in the attack on Passchendaele, he was hit in the abdomen by enemy shrapnel, death being instantaneous.
David Gower has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on the Ypres Menin Gate Memorial.