Private William John Bowen

Army Number: 73978 (formerly 290660 Welsh Regiment)

Battalion: 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Abernant, Carmarthenshire. Husband of Elizabeth Bowen, of 13, Coychurch Road, Bridgend, Glamorgan. He was a tailor’s traveller prior to enlisting 3rd June 1916 at Swansea.  He went to  France 18th October 1917 and was transferred to the 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment, 1st April 1918. He was killed in action, 19th September 1918, in the attack on the Quadrilateral near Holnon, France. 

Buried/Commemorated : Trefcon British Cemetery, Caulaincourt, France. Row D. Grave 5.

Private William John Bowen is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
Bridgend War Memorial, Bridgend, Glamorganshire, Wales.