Private Benjamin Bowler

Army Number: 21401

Battalion: 11th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Stonebrrom, Derbyshire and lived at Morton, Derbyshire. Son of Benjamin and Emma Bowler, of “Bank View,” Morton,. He enlisted at Mansfield, Nottinghamshire and served with the 9th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment in Gallipoli during 1915.  He was later transferred to the 11th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment and died of wounds, 17th January 1917, age 19.

Buried : Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm), Belgium. Plot 7. Row F. Grave 6.

Private Benjamin Bowler is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
Morton War Memorial, Morton, Derbyshire.