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Private GILBERT BOWMAN

Service Number: PLY/2260 (S)
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Marine Light Infantry

2nd R.M. Bn. R.N. Div.

Date of Death

Died 08 March 1918

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ORIVAL WOOD CEMETERY, FLESQUIERES

II. C. 9.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas Bowman, of Ellis Farm, Sherfield-on-Loddon, Basingstoke, Hants.
  • Personal Inscription SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS SWEETLY HIS SOUL SHALL REST
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Buried or commemorated at

ORIVAL WOOD CEMETERY, FLESQUIERES
Nord France
Number of casualties: 304
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