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Gunner JAMES BOWKER

Service Number: 45858
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Garrison Artillery

117th Heavy Bty.

Date of Death

Died 24 September 1917

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

THE HUTS CEMETERY

VI. C. 12.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Mary Bowker, of "Dhoon Glen," Charlestown Rd., Blackley, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR THOSE AT HOME AND THE LIBERTY OF HIS COUNTRY. R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

THE HUTS CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1100
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