BORN HULL 1889. SON OF THOMAS BLOWMAN (1844-1915) & JANE ANN NOBEL (1860-1942), OF HULL. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HE MARRIED AT SCULCOATES, IN 1911. HIS WIFE EFFIE VIOLA ALLEN (1892-1966), LIVED WITH THEIR TWO CHILDREN, AT 11 PRIORY STREET, CHURCH STREET, DRYPOOL, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). EX NER LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, AS PRIVATE, 38256, OF THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS 139212, TO THE MACHINE GUN CORPS. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 10/05/1918, AGED 29. HE IS BURIED AT BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY, FRANCE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, EFFIE. HIS SISTER, JANE ANN BLOWMAN, DIED OF INFLUENZA, IN HULL, IN 1918, AGED 22.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE ON ST MARYS CHURCH, LOWGATE WAR MEMORIAL.
First name:
ARTHUR
Military Number:
139212
Rank:
Private
Date Died
10/05/1918
Place died:
Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
29
11 , PRIORY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
