BORN HULL 1896. SON OF ELEANOR KATE BOWEN (1867-1931) & LATE JOSEPH BOWEN (1869-, OF 5, ELM TREE AVENUE, GARDEN VILLAGE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ELDEST OF FIVE CHILDREN. HE HAD THREE SISTERS AND ONE BROTHER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A SERGEANT IN THE 6TH ROYAL DUBLIN FUSILIERS. HE WAS ACCIDENTALLY KILLED ON 07/03/1919, AGED 22. HIS ACCIDENTAL DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 27/02/1917. HE IS BURIED AT DUNKIRK TOWN CEMETERY, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY”
First name:
GEOFFREY
Regiment:
Military Number:
43981
Rank:
Sergeant
Date Died
07/03/1919
Place died:
Dunkirk Town Cemetery, Nord, France
Age:
22
5, ELM TREE AVENUE, GARDEN VILLAGE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
