Private 2155 James Brigham Bowes
Regiment/Unit: Monmouthshire Regiment - 3rd Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1)
Date Entered Therein: 13/02/1915
Age at death: 24
Date of death: 3rd of May 1915
Born: Salford, Eccles, Lancs
Resided: Newton-le-willows, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Ypres Menin Gate Memorial - Panel 50.
Family details:
Son of Arthur and Jennie B. Bowes, of Wargrave, Newton-le-Willows, Lancs. Father Arthur is legatee.
Census details:
1901 - Shows 9 years old James B living at Wargrave Cottage, Newton-Le-Willows with his parents Arthur (47), Jennie (40) and ten siblings: Stanley B (16), Florence B (14), Mabel B (11), Olive B (11), Jessie B (8), Dorothy J B (7), Ernest B (6), Percy B (5), Vera B (3), and Roland B (2). 1911 - Not found. James B [b]is not[/b] at Wargrave Cottage, Newton Le Willows with the rest of his family.
Commemorated on John Pindar's [url=http://nlwmemorial.tripod.com/nlwmemorial/pages/pagesac/bowesjamesb.htm] Newton-le-Willows and Earlestown War Memorial.[/url]
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/2155JamesBrighamBowes.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption]
[pic]imgs/WW1_memorials/James_B_Bowes-Monmouths.jpg[/pic][caption]The inscription for Private James Brigham Bowes on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
(Photograph courtesy of [url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1966751]Find A Grave[/url])[/caption]
