BORN LAMBETH GREEN, SURREY 02/05/1894. LIVED IN HULL. ENLISTED LONDON. SON OF EDWARD JAMES BOWRING (1868-1932) & MATILDA ELIZABETH FOX (1868-1923), OF 114, WYNDCLIFFE ROAD, LONDON, LAMBETH, GREATER LONDON, (1911 CENSUS). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. WAS EMPLOYED AS AN ELECTRICAL MECHANIC. HE ENLISTED IN LONDON, SERVED WITH THE 2ND LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 11/04/1917, AGED 22. IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
HE HAD MARRIED IN HULL, IN JULY 1916. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, FLORENCE ADA HUMBELE (1897-1986), AT 62 HIGH STREET, HULL (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS).
First name:
LEONARD CHARLES
Regiment:
Military Number:
2754
Rank:
Private
Date Died
11/04/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
22
