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CSM. Thomas Henry Bowley
British Army 2nd Btn. Border Regiment
(d.26th Oct 1914)
My Grandfather, Colour Sergeant Thomas Henry Bowley, was one of the senior NCOs of the 2nd Battalion, Border Regiment who embarked on Troopships Turkoman and Minneapolis at Southampton. On 10th October he was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant and seconded to the Royal Leicestershire Regiment (As the Leicesters were short of 2nd Lts) He was killed 16 days later near Kruiseke Hill.