BORN HULL 1881. SON OF JOHN T. & SARAH JOHNSON, OF TERRY STREET, OF 1, VANE STREET, SPRINGBANK, HULL. A NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY CLERK.
HIS WIFE, HANNAH, LIVED AT 26 HARDY STREET, COTTINGHAM ROAD, HULL (PROBATE AND WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN, REGINALD AND EDNA.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL . FORMERLY, TROOPER, 50877, IN THE EAST RIDING YEOMANRY. TRANSFERRED TO THE 2/4TH KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. PROMOTED CORPORAL. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 26/03/1918, AGED 37. BURIED AT SOUCHEZM FRANCE.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, AND HE LEFT £238 TO HER IN HIS WILL.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 25/04/1918.
First name:
HENRY BOWMAN
Military Number:
50877 / 235663
Rank:
Corporal
Date Died
26/03/1918
Place died:
Caberet-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
37
26 , HARDY STREET, COTTINGHAM ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
