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Spr. Robert Bown
British Army 467th Field Company Royal Engineers
from:Derby
(d.3rd October 1917)
Pte Thomas Harry Bown
British Army 10th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment
from:Nottingham
(d.6th June 1917)
Private T.H.Brown died of wounds received in battle on the 6th June 1917 in Langensalza POW Camp and is buried in grave 904 in the camp cemetery.
VAD. Bownes
Voluntary Aid Detachment No. 32 Stationary Hospital
Miss Bownes served at No 32 Stationary Hospital, Wimereux and No 16 Stationary Hospital, Le Treport.
Rfmn. Harry Bowran
British Army 16th (Queens Westminster Rifles) Btn. London Regiment
(d.10th September 1916)
Harry Bowran served with the 16th Battalion, London Regiment in WW1. He died 10th of September 1916. His body was never found and his name is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial in France.
Pte. Thomas Darling Bowran
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:14 Dixon Terrace, Darlington
(d.12th Apr 1918)
Thomas is recorded as "Bowran, Thomas Darling, 14 Dixon Terrace, 18/16 18th DLI, Killed in France 12th April 1918" in the Roll of Honour held in Darlington Library, believed to have been complied by the Town Council in the 1920s.
CWGC records Thomas is buried in Le Grand Beaumart British Cemetery, Steenwerk. The grave registration form records his death as 11/12th April 1918. Thomas was originally buried at Map reference 36.A.20.b.8.8. His remains were recovered by 102nd Labour Coy on the 30th of September 1919 during the process of grave concentration. He was identified by his identity disc and some effects were recovered from his pockets, which were forwarded to Base. Alongside him were recovered Pte LS290 Beever H, and Pte 46261 Pte. Doody H. both of the 13th Yorks and Lancs also identified by their discs. A cross bearing Thomas's name and regimental number was also discovered at Map Reference 36A.21.d.5.4 in a small battlefield cemetery, lying between Pte 18/159 Southern and Pte 45314 Brooks both of 18th DLI. The body from that grave was buried as an unknown soldier in Plot II.F.2 of Grand Beaumart British Cemetery.
Lt James Bowry
Australian Imperial Forces 1st Australian Tunnelling Coy.
Pte. Thomas Leonard Bowsher
British Army 4th Btn. Wiltshire Regiment
from:Lambourn
My Granddad, Thomas Leonard Bowsher was first drafted into the 4th Wiltshire Reserve Battalion in 1917. He was transferred just before they left for India. I think he served in France at Pashendale, then he went to Ireland. possibly with the Royal Irish Regiment until 1920.
Thomas Leonard Bowsher
British Army Royal Berkshire Regimenr
Thomas Leonard Bowsher (my grandad) was first drafted into the 4th Wiltshire Reserve Batallion in 1917. He was transferd just before they left for India into the Royal Berkshire Regiment. He was at Passchendale and was sent home due to shell shock. He was then sent to Ireland, I think, with the Royal Irish Rifles, until 1920.
L/Sgt. James Bowtell
British Army 10th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
(d.22nd Aug 1917)
My great uncle, James Bowtell was killed on the morning of the 22nd of August 1917 serving with the 10th Durham Light infantry around Inverness copse & Glencorse wood.
Sgt. Ernest Bowyer
British Army 2nd Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment
(d.10th Jul 1943)
Ernest Bowyer served with 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. I would like to know exactly what happened to him while in North Africa
Sjt. Ernest Bowyer MM.
British Army 11th Btn. Sherwood Foresters
from:Brimington, Nr. Chesterfield
Pte. William Bowyer
British Army 1/1st Buckinghamshire Yeomanry (Royal Bucks Hussars)
from:Forest Gate, Essex
Box
British Army 9th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Gnr. F. Box
British Army 173 Brigade, AÂ Bty. Royal Field Artillery
(d.30th October 1918)
Gunner Box was buried in Niederzwehren Cemetery, Kassel, Germany, Grave VIII.B.19.
Pte. Frank Charles Box
British Army 7th Btn. East Kent Regiment
(d.12th Feb 1916)
Rflmn. Frederick James Boxall
British Army London Regiment
(d.7th November 1918)
Rflmn. Frederrick James Boxall
British Army Rifle Brigade
from:27 Maple Thorps Rd., Thornton Heath, Surrey
(d.7th November 1918)
Nothing is known about Frederick Boxall's story.
Rflmn Joseph John Boxall
British Army 4th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:Hampton
Pte. Percy John Boxall
British Army 17th Btn, D Coy. Royal Fusiliers
from:London
(d.2nd April 1918)
Percy Boxall was my great uncle, the eldest brother of my grandmother. I know he is buried at Englebelmer cemetery. I have a treasured photo of him. He was 26 when he died.
Able.Sea. Francis Jeffares Tilson Boxwell
Royal Navy HMS Good Hope
from:Tacumshane, County Wexford
(d.1st Nov 1914)
Francis Boxwell was born on June 5th, 1880 in Saint Matthew, Dublin. Before he enlisted he lived in Tacumshane, County Wexford, Ireland. Francis Boxwell was aged 34 when he was killed in action at the Battle of Coronel. He is commemorated on Panel 1 of Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire, and on the bronze Great War Memorial inside St. Stephen's, Church of Ireland, Upper Mount Street, South Dublin City.
Sgt. Arthur Henry Boyce MSM.
British Army 2nd Btn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Arthur Boyce, 2nd Btn KOYLI, was wounded at Le Cateau. He was with Major Yate and must have been one of the 19 survivors with him taken prisoner. He was repatriated in 1917. Arthur continued his service with the KOYLIs and was promoted to WOII. He was awarded the MSM in 1920 for services to the King.
A/QMS Charles Barry Boyce
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. John Boyce
British Army 1st Battalion Royal Scots
(d.11th May 1915)
John Boyce was lost during fighting at Sanctuary Wood, Zillebeke, Belgium. He is remembered in Ypres at the Menin Gate.
Rfmn. John McMaster Boyce
British Army 12th Btn Royal Irish Regiment
from:Mossley (possibly)
(d.1st Jul 1916)
John McMaster Boyce was my grandmother's brother (my great uncle). He was killed on 1 July 1916 and has no known grave. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. A couple of years ago I affixed a plaque on the upper right hand building at the top of the Ancre Cemetery to commemorate him. John was originally from the Sandy Row area of Belfast and we believe he moved out to the Mossley area where he worked as a tenter in a mill. His brother, James was badly injured in WW1, he had part of his jaw shot off.
Pte. John Boyce
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:Dublin
(d.24th May 1915)
John Boyce was the son of James and Annie Boyce, of 36, Aungier St., Dublin. He was killed in action in Flanders aged 19 and is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
Cpl. Alexander Kerr Boyd
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)
from:West Calder
(d.14th January 1916)
Alexander Boyd is remembered with honour in the West Calder Cemetery.
Pvt. Austin Dewitt Boyd
US Army Coy. D 166th Infantry Regiment
Rfmn. David Boyd
British Army 11th (South Antrim) Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
from:Crossgar, Co. Down
(d.1st Jul 1916)
David Boyd died of wounds on 1st July 1916, aged 19. He was the son of David and Mary Boyd of Derryboy, Co. Down. He is buried in Forceville Communal Cemetery Extension.
L/Cpl. Frank Boyd
British Army 2nd Royal Marine Battalion Royal Marine Light Infantry
from:Shankill, Co. Dublin
(d.13th Nov1916)
Frank Boyd was the son of Henry Boyd, of Eaton Brae, Shankill, Co. Dublin. He was killed in action aged 22 and remembered on a Special Memorial in Y-Ravine Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel.
Pte. Henry Alfred Boyd
British Army 7th Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:Blackrock, Co. Dublin
(d.16th Aug 1915)
Henry Boyd was the eldest son of William H. and Daisy E. Boyd, of Glensavage, Blackrock, Co. Dublin. He was killed in action in Gallipoli aged 19 and is remembered on the Helles Memorial in Turkey.
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