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Lance Corporal James Everett Bowness

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

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
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
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
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