Lieutenant Colonel ERIC GORDON BOWDEN
Regiment & Unit/Ship
The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
11th Bn.
Date of Death
Died 22 July 1918
Age 24 years old
- Secondary Unit, Regiment Cdg. Bde. Composite Coy.
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Awards Military Cross, Mentioned in Despatches
- Additional Info Son of Mrs. Ellen Bowden, of 135, Ivydale Rd., Nunhead, London, and of the late George Howlett Bowden. Also served in Italy.
- Personal Inscription BORN 12TH MAY 1894 PROMOTED ON THE FIELD OF ACTION FROM 2ND LIEUTENANT, HE WAS ONE OF THE YOUNGEST COLONELS IN THE BRITISH ARMY "HE HAS AT ALL TIMES SET A FINE EXAMPLE" (GAZETTE)
- Additional Citation note
Lt. Col. Bowden's headstone is engraved as a special layout containing the following additional information : " Age 24. Born 12th May 1894. Promoted on the field of action from 2nd Lieutenant, he was one of the youngest Colonels in the British Army. "He has at all times set a fine example" (Gazette). "
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