Private General Bowman

Army Number : 10187

Battalion : 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

British 15 Star, British War and Victory MedalBorn and lived at Basford, Nottingham. Son of General and Charlotte Bowman, 31, Egypt Road, Old Basford. He was a lace bobbin winder prior to enlisting at Nottingham. He served in India before going to France 17th December 1914. He was killed in action, 27th January 1915, whilst serving in the trenches near Richebourg, France. 

Commemorated : Le Touret Memorial, France. Panel 26 and 27.

Le Touret Memorial, France.

Private General Bowman is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.

Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.