Private John Bower

Army Number: 1739

Battalion: 6th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Peak Forest, Derbyshire. Son of John and Annie Frances Bower, of Peak Forest, Derbyshire. He was a labourer at Buxton Lime Firm, prior to enlisting at Peak Dale, 2nd October 1912. He died at Chinley Hospital, 2nd February 1915, aged 18, from Typhoid. 

Buried/: Peak Forest Wesleyan Methodist Chapel Yard, Derbyshire, United Kingdom. West of Church.