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Pte. Albert Henry Bowe
British Army 21st Btn Durham Light Infantry
from:5 Dale Terrace, New Shildon
(d.1st Mar 1917)
Albert Bowe enlisted on the 21st Btn DLI and served with 18th DLI. He was killed on the 1st of March 1917 aged 19 and is remembered on a special memorial in Gommecourt British Cemetery No2 at Heuterne, he is known to be buried in this cemetery but the actual site of his grave is unknown.
He was the son of Henry and Margaret Bowe, of 5, Dale Terrace, New Shildon, Co. Durham. His father paid for the inscription 'Ever remembered' to be engraved on the headstone.