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Private GILBERT WILLIAM BOWLES

Service Number: 41616
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Leicestershire Regiment

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 September 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RETHEL FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY

1840.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Arthur William and Mary Ann Bowles, late of 28, Ockburn Rd., Tooting, London.
  • Personal Inscription DEEP IN HEART FOR US THE WORD OF LOVE HE BORE BEAUTIFUL LIGHT OF LOVE
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Buried or commemorated at

RETHEL FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY
Ardennes France
Number of casualties: 110
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