Lance Corporal James Everett Bowness
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Bowness,
James Everett
Date of birth: 1883-09-12
Place of birth: Windermere Westmorland England
Next of kin: B. Bowness, mother. Grove House, Windermere, England
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Architect
Occupation (normalized): Building Architect
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1915-05-08
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial, Panel 10 - 26 - 28
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 163
Highest Rank:
Lance Corporal
(Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry)
Rank detail
Lance Corporal, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Wounded February 28, 1915, Wounded March 24, 1915, KIA at Frezenberg/Bellewaerde Lake
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 922339
LAC ID:
58008
Service file: B0964-S018
Uploader's Notes:
Son of John Titterington Bowness and Bessie Bowness, of Grove House, Windermere, England. A.R.I.B.A.
Joined the P.P.C.L.I. (No. 1 Company)in August 1914 [an original]
Uploader's Research notes:
"At St Martin's church, Bowness on Windermere, there is a fine memorial window to 163, Lance Corporal James Everett Bownass, Princess Pat's Light Infantry."
Incorrectly named as Bownass by the Library and Archives Canada. Hodder-Williams also spells it Bowness
[Lance-Corporal Army Canadian Infantry Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry No.1 Company ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2021-04-17