BORN HULL 1896. SCULCOATES. SON OF ROBERT BOWDEN & BETSY JORDAN (1871-1945), OF 3 BERKSHIRE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. A SHIPYARD LABOURER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 21002, 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE DIED OF WOUNDS AT HOME ON 14/02/1923, AGED 27.
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, JOHN ROBERT BOWDEN, 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, WAS KILLED AT YPRES, ON 24/04/1915, AGED 22.
First name:
BENJAMIN
Regiment:
Military Number:
21002
Rank:
Private
Date Died
14/02/1923
Place died:
Hull Western Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
27
3 , BERKSHIRE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
