Withernsea WW1 Memorial, Queens Street. The memorial was erected in 1923 at a cost of £451, the funds for which were collected through public subscription. A service of dedication was held in 1924. Inscribed in four columns, are the names of sixty-four men killed in World War I.Hull Grammar School WW1 Memorial. Large bronze plaque, which lists 89 names now located at Tranby School, Anlaby, Hull
BORN HULL, 1892. SON OF JOSEPH CHARLES BOWRON & FRANCIS CHAPMAN BOWRON, AT PRINCES ROAD, OF HULL (1901 CENSUS), 15 NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL (1911 CENSUS) & CARTER VILLA, QUEEN STREET, WITHERNSEA (CWGC ADDRESS).
SON OF A WOOL MERCHANT. EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS AN APPRENTICE WOOL MERCHANT.
HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY. SERVED AS A LANCE CORPORAL IN THE 12TH HULL PALS. KILLED IN ACTION, AT OPPY WOOD, ON 03/05/1917, AGED 25. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL, FRANCE, THE WITHERNSEA WW1 MEMORIAL AND HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL MEMORIAL.
UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, JOSEPH.
HIS BROTHER, JOSEPH HURST BOWRON, DIED IN PATRINGTON, IN 1917, AGED 29. HE LEFT ANOTHER BROTHER, TOM BERNARD BOWRON, AND SISTERS, MARJORY AND ENID FRANCES BOWRON.
The attack on Oppy Wood, part of the Battle of Arras, was a significant battle for the East Yorkshire Regiment and particularly for the city of Hull. All four Hull Pals battalions were involved on 3 May and all suffered heavy casualties, with 40% of those present killed or injured. 2nd Lieutenant Jack Harrison, a local teacher and rugby player with Hull FC, won a posthumous Victoria Cross for his bravery in rushing a machine gun position to protect his platoon. His body was never found.The village of Oppy in France had been in German hands since October 1914 and was part of a formidable defensive system including trenches, dug-outs and thick barbed wire defences. During the Battle of Arras, which began in April 1917, the British tried to take Oppy. The first attack was a failure. A second attack was partially successful. The third attack on 3 May, known officially as the Third Battle of the Scarpe, was again unsuccessful with significant loss of life. The troops were ordered to attack at 3.45am, rather than at dawn, and the defending Germans could easily see the line of British soldiers clearly lit by the full moon. The British continued to attack Oppy and were finally successful the following year. The City of Hull Memorial at Oppy was unveiled in 1927 and commemorates the men of the Hull Pals who were killed on 3 and 4 May 1917.
Withernsea WW1 Memorial, Queens Street. The memorial was erected in 1923 at a cost of £451, the funds for which were collected through public subscription. A service of dedication was held in 1924. Inscribed in four columns, are the names of sixty-four men killed in World War I.
