BORN GOOLE 1893. SON OF BRANSON BOWLES (1867-1921) & MARTHA BENNETT AT 182 BOOTHFERRY ROAD, HULL. BROTHER TO HENRY, NORA, VERAAND JOHN BOWLES. HIS WIFE ELSIE LOUISE BAKER & DAUGHTER LIVED AT 15 ARGYLE STREET, GOOLE. ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A SECOND LIEUTENANT IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. KILLED DURING THE GERMAN SPRING OFFENSIVE, ON 21/03/1918, AGED 25. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL. HE HAD MARRIED AT GOOLE IN 1917. HE LEFT £157 IN HIS WILL TO HIS WIDOW, ELSIE.
First name:
EDGAR BRANSON
Regiment:
Rank:
2nd Lieutenant
Date Died
21/03/1918
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
25
